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> [“Don’t we see that men’s rightful task is to go out to work and wear themselves out trying to accumulate wealth, as though they were our factors or stewards, so that we can remain at home like the lady of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moderata-fonte/don-t-we-see-that-men-s-rightful-task-is-to-go-out-to-work-and-wear/)

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## More by Moderata Fonte

> ["But when you hear men talking," said Cornelia, "all they ever do is speak ill of women. 'And I don't quite know how they've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moderata-fonte/but-when-you-hear-men-talking-said-cornelia-all-they-ever-do-is-speak/)

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> [ This pre-eminence is something \[men\] have unjustly arrogated to themselves. And when it's said that women must be subject to men, the phrase should… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moderata-fonte/this-pre-eminence-is-something-men-have-unjustly-arrogated-to/)

[Moderata Fonte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moderata-fonte/)

> [Men were created before women. ... But that doesn't prove their superiority – rather, it proves ours, for they were born out of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moderata-fonte/men-were-created-before-women-but-that-doesn-t-prove-their/)

[Moderata Fonte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moderata-fonte/)

> [When you hear men talking," said Cornelia, "all they ever do is speak ill of women. ... And I don't quite know how they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moderata-fonte/when-you-hear-men-talking-said-cornelia-all-they-ever-do-is-speak-ill/)

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> [ \[M\]en, though they know full well how much women are worth and how great the benefits we bring them, nonetheless seek to destroy us… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moderata-fonte/m-en-though-they-know-full-well-how-much-women-are-worth-and-how/)

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> [Men are just like unlit lamps: in themselves they are no good for anything, but, when lit, they can be handy to have around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moderata-fonte/men-are-just-like-unlit-lamps-in-themselves-they-are-no-good-for/)

[Moderata Fonte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moderata-fonte/)

> [“It really is something ... that men disapprove even of our doing things that are patently good. Wouldn't it be possible for us just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moderata-fonte/it-really-is-something-that-men-disapprove-even-of-our-doing-things/)

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> [Do you really believe ... that everything historians tell us about men – or about women – is actually true? You ought to consider…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moderata-fonte/do-you-really-believe-that-everything-historians-tell-us-about-men-or/)

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> [ \[I\]t was with a good end in mind – that of acquiring the knowledge of good and evil – that Eve allowed herself to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moderata-fonte/i-t-was-with-a-good-end-in-mind-that-of-acquiring-the-knowledge-of/)

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> [“Don’t we see that men’s rightful task is to go out to work and wear themselves out trying to accumulate wealth, as though they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moderata-fonte/don-t-we-see-that-men-s-rightful-task-is-to-go-out-to-work-and-wear/)

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