"Does a rake deserve to possess anything of……" — Christine de Pizan
"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]?"
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Christine de Pizan
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19 Quotes by Christine de Pizan
Christine de Pizan has 19 quotes on this site.
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If it were customary to send daughters to school like sons, and if they were then taught the natural sciences,…
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Those who plead their cause in the absence of an opponent can invent to their heart's content, can pontificate without…
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Ah, child and youth, if you knew the bliss which resides in the taste of knowledge, and the evil and…
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Just as women's bodies are softer than men's, so their understanding is sharper.
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Not all men (and especially the wisest) share the opinion that it is bad for women to be educated. But…
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How many women are there ... who because of their husbands' harshness spend their weary lives in the bond of…
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If you would reflect well and wisely, you would realize that those events you regard as personal misfortunes have served…
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If it were customary to send little girls to school and teach them the same subjects as are taught to…
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Women particularly should concern themselves with peace because men by nature are more foolhardy and headstrong, and their overwhelming desire…
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There Adam slept, and God formed the body of woman from one of his ribs, signifying that she should stand…
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Once a man criticized my desire for knowledge by saying that it was not fitting for a woman to possess…
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Condemning all women in order to help some misguided men get over their foolish behaviour is tantamount to denouncing fire,…
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More Chases Quotes
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I accept the Old Testament as more of an action movie: blood, car chases, evacuations, a lot of special effects,…
— Bono
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Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.
— Bertolt Brecht
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I'm somebody who likes codes and ciphers and chases and artwork and architecture, and all the things you find in…
— Dan Brown
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It was at the beginning of all this tabloid frenzy. Our garbage was being gone through, and we were involved…
— Lauren Holly
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Without doubt, ferocious and disordered men are much weaker than timid and ordered ones. For order chases fear from men…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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Because there is liberating power in each and every truth, the one who walks in the truth in all his…
— Johan Oscar Smith
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There is great power in focusing on what you want..... The person who tries to do everything accomplishes nothing. Most…
— Robin Sharma
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The more one chases the quanta, the better they hide themselves.
— Albert Einstein
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Who on earth can feel any respect for a girl who chases?
— Joan Leslie
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Why should I stretch? Does a cheetah stretch before it chases its prey?
— Ken Griffey, Jr.
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A bad hunter chases. A good hunter waits.
— Terry Pratchett
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I flee who chases me and chase who flees me.
— Ovid
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