“[J]ust the sight of this book, even though it was of no authority, made me wonder how it happened that so many… — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
“[S]ince you are angry at me without reason, you attack me harshly with, "Oh outrageous presumption! Oh excessively foolish pride! Oh opinion… — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
“[I]f you seek in every way to minimise my firm beliefs by your anti-feminist attacks, please recall that a small dagger or… — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
“My Lady, you certainly tell me about wonderful constancy, strength and virtue and firmness of women, so can one say the same… — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
Men who have slandered the opposite sex have usually known women who were cleverer and more virtuous than they are. — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
“We've never heard About a marvel quite so great, For all the heroes who have lived In history can't measure up In bravery against… — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
The foolish rush to end their lives. Only the steadfast soul survives. — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
Does a rake deserve to possess anything of worth, since he chases everything in skirts and then imagines he can successfully hide his shame… — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
If you would reflect well and wisely, you would realize that those events you regard as personal misfortunes have served a useful purpose even… — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
Those who plead their cause in the absence of an opponent can invent to their heart's content, can pontificate without taking into account the… — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
“For this reason, it is well said that misfortune is sometimes good for something, for it teaches at the same time that it hurts.” — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
“These are my habits and the way I spend my life: studying literature.” — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
“Oh! What honour for the female sex! It is perfectly obvious that God has special regard for it when all these wretched people who… — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
there is no fire without smoke but there is often smoke without fire. — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
Not all men (and especially the wisest) share the opinion that it is bad for women to be educated. But it is very true… — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
![“[J]ust the sight of this book, even though it was of no authority, made me wonder how it happened that so many different men – and learned men among them – have been and are so inclined to express both in speaking and in their treatises and writings so many wicked insults about women and their…” quote by Christine de Pizan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/462/christine-de-pizan-13257_behaviour_j-ust-the-sight-of-this-book-even-though_2137746.jpg)
![“[S]ince you are angry at me without reason, you attack me harshly with, "Oh outrageous presumption! Oh excessively foolish pride! Oh opinion uttered too quickly and thoughtlessly by the mouth of a woman! A woman who condemns a man of high understanding and dedicated study, a man who, by great…” quote by Christine de Pizan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bfc/christine-de-pizan-13257_attacks_s-ince-you-are-angry-at-me-without-reaso_2269658.jpg)
![“[I]f you seek in every way to minimise my firm beliefs by your anti-feminist attacks, please recall that a small dagger or knife point can pierce a great, bulging sack and that a small fly can attack a great lion and speedily put him to flight.” quote by Christine de Pizan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2f4/christine-de-pizan-13257_attacks_i-f-you-seek-in-every-way-to-minimise-my_2483102.jpg)
![“My Lady, you certainly tell me about wonderful constancy, strength and virtue and firmness of women, so can one say the same thing about men? (...) Response [by Lady Rectitude]: "Fair sweet friend, have you not yet heard the saying that the fool sees well enough a small cut in the face of his…” quote by Christine de Pizan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/be5/christine-de-pizan-13257_cliches_my-lady-you-certainly-tell-me-about-wond_2807471.jpg)
![“Does a rake deserve to possess anything of worth, since he chases everything in skirts and then imagines he can successfully hide his shame by slandering [women in general]?” quote by Christine de Pizan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6ff/christine-de-pizan-13257_deserve_does-a-rake-deserve-to-possess-anything_259776.jpg)
![“Oh! What honour for the female sex! It is perfectly obvious that God has special regard for it when all these wretched people who destroyed the whole Kingdom – now recovered and made safe by a woman, something that 5000 men could not have done – and the traitors [have been] exterminated. Before…” quote by Christine de Pizan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6c1/christine-de-pizan-13257_courage_oh-what-honour-for-the-female-sex-it-is_503425.jpg)
