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> [the most important quality of an inept person is to rely on popular belief and hearsay.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-de-gournay/the-most-important-quality-of-an-inept-person-is-to-rely-on-popular/)

[Marie de Gournay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-de-gournay/)

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## More by Marie de Gournay

> [Lucky are you, reader, if you happen not to be of that sex to whom it is forbidden all good things; to whom liberty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-de-gournay/lucky-are-you-reader-if-you-happen-not-to-be-of-that-sex-to-whom-it/)

[Marie de Gournay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-de-gournay/)

> [Happy are you, reader, if you do not belong to this sex to which all good is forbidden.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-de-gournay/happy-are-you-reader-if-you-do-not-belong-to-this-sex-to-which-all/)

[Marie de Gournay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-de-gournay/)

> [The human animal ... is ... neither male nor female ... And if I am allowed to jest a little in passing, I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-de-gournay/the-human-animal-is-neither-male-nor-female-and-if-i-am-allowed-to/)

[Marie de Gournay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-de-gournay/)

> [If men pride themselves on the fact that Jesus Christ was born of their sex, the answer is that this was necessary for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-de-gournay/if-men-pride-themselves-on-the-fact-that-jesus-christ-was-born-of/)

[Marie de Gournay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-de-gournay/)

> [whoever is so stupid as to imagine God to be either masculine or feminine openly shows that he is as bad a philosopher as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-de-gournay/whoever-is-so-stupid-as-to-imagine-god-to-be-either-masculine-or/)

[Marie de Gournay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-de-gournay/)

> [Ignorance is the mother of presumption](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-de-gournay/ignorance-is-the-mother-of-presumption/)

[Marie de Gournay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-de-gournay/)

> [certain ancient cavilers have gone so far as to deny that the female sex, as opposed to the male sex, is made in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-de-gournay/certain-ancient-cavilers-have-gone-so-far-as-to-deny-that-the-female/)

[Marie de Gournay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-de-gournay/)

> [the most important quality of an inept person is to rely on popular belief and hearsay.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-de-gournay/the-most-important-quality-of-an-inept-person-is-to-rely-on-popular/)

[Marie de Gournay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-de-gournay/)

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