"Once a man criticized my desire for knowledge……" — Christine de Pizan

"Once a man criticized my desire for knowledge by saying that it was not fitting for a woman to possess learning because there was so little of it. I replied that it was even less fitting for a man to possess ignorance because there was so much of it."

— Christine de Pizan

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