Christine de Pizan

Christine de Pizan (c. 1364-1430)

"Anyone who wanted could cite plentiful examples of exceptional women in the world today: it's simply a matter of looking for them."

• The Book of the City of Ladies (Part I, chapter 41) by Christine de Pizan, translated by Rosalind Brown-Grant (Penguin Classics, 1999).

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Christine de Pizan

Christine de Pizan

"Don't you know it's the very finest things which are the subject of the most intense discussion?"

• The Book of the City of Ladies (Part I, chapter 2) by Christine de Pizan, translated by Rosalind Brown-Grant (Penguin Classics, 1999).

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Christine de Pizan

Christine de Pizan (c. 1364-1430)

"Human superiority or inferiority is not determined by sexual difference but by the degree to which one has perfected one's own nature and morals."

• The Book of the City of Ladies (Part I, chapter 9) by Christine de Pizan, translated by Rosalind Brown-Grant (Penguin Classics, 1999).

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Christine de Pizan

Christine de Pizan (c. 1364-1430)

"It is truly wicked of people to try to turn something which is as good and praiseworthy in a woman - her tenderness - into something bad and blameworthy. Women love children because they're not acting out of ignorance but rather a natural instinct to be gentle. And if being gentle therefore means they are childlike, so much the better for them."

• From The Book of the City of Ladies (Part I, chapter 10) by Christine de Pizan, translated by Rosalind Brown-Grant (Penguin Classics, 1999).

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Christine de Pizan

Christine de Pizan (c. 1364-1430)

"Despite what the slanderers say, there's a positively infinite number of countesses, baronesses, ladies, maidens, bourgeoises and women of every estate who are honourable and distinguished."

• From The Book of the City of Ladies (Part II, chapter 68) by Christine de Pizan, translated by Rosalind Brown-Grant (Penguin Classics, 1999).

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Christine de Pizan

Christine de Pizan (c. 1364-1430)

"If I were to recount to you all the great gifts that women have brought, it would take up far too many pages."

• From The Book of the City of Ladies (Part II, chapter 35) by Christine de Pizan, translated by Rosalind Brown-Grant (Penguin Classics, 1999).

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Christine de Pizan

Christine de Pizan (c. 1364-1430)
"You should all resolve to rid yourselves henceforth of silly and irrational ideas, petty jealousies, stubbornness, contemptuous talk or scandalous behavior, all of which are things that twist the  mind and make a person unstable."

• From The Book of the City of Ladies (Part III, chapter 19) by Christine de Pizan, translated by Rosalind Brown-Grant (Penguin Classics, 1999).

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Christine de Pizan

Christine de Pizan (c. 1364-1430)

"How can men dare to open their mouths when they see that the conduct of those who govern them - who are certainly not women! - is marked by instability and hesitation, just like that of children, and that the resolutions and agreements they come up with in their counsels are rarely put into effect."

• From The Book of the City of Ladies (Part II, chapter 49) by Christine de Pizan, translated by Rosalind Brown-Grant (Penguin Classics, 1999). 

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Christine de Pizan

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"What in the world is more tender than a mother toward her child? What greater pain is there than that felt in a mother's heart when she sees her child suffer?"

• From The Book of the City of Ladies (Part III, chapter 11) by Christine de Pizan, translated by Rosalind Brown-Grant (Penguin Classics, 1999). 

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Christine de Pizan

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"Condemning all women in order to help some misguided men get over foolish behavior is tantamount to denouncing fire, which is a vital and beneficial element, just because some people are burnt by it, or to cursing water just because some people are drowned in it."

• From The Book of the City of Ladies (Part I, chapter 8) by Christine de Pizan, translated by Rosalind Brown-Grant (Penguin Classics, 1999).

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Christine de Pizan

Christine de Pizan (c. 1364-1430)

"My dear ladies, remember how these men accuse you of being weak, flighty and easily led, and yet still use the most convoluted, outlandish and bizarre methods they can think of to trap you, just as one would a wild animal. Fly, fly from them, my ladies."

• From The Book of the City of Ladies (Part III, chapter 19) by Christine de Pizan, translated by Rosalind Brown-Grant (Penguin Classics, 1999).

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Christine de Pizan

Christine de Pizan (c. 1364-1430)

"As for the fact that the men who attacked and criticized women haven't yet been challenged, let me tell you that there's a time and a place for everything in the eternal scheme of things."

• From The Book of the City of Ladies (Part II, chapter 53) by Christine de Pizan, translated by Rosalind Brown-Grant (Penguin Classics, 1999).

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Christine de Pizan

Christine de Pizan (c. 1364-1430)

"No man can match the great services that women have done and continue to do for humanity."

• From The Book of the City of Ladies (Part II, chapter 30) by Christine de Pizan, translated by Rosalind Brown-Grant (Penguin Classics, 1999).

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Christine de Pizan

Christine de Pizan (c. 1364-1430)

"On the whole, men seem to hold the view that women have ever done anything for humankind but bear children and spin wool."

• From The Book of the City of Ladies (Part I, chapter 37) by Christine de Pizan, translated by Rosalind Brown-Grant (Penguin Classics, 1999). 

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Christine de Pizan

Christine de Pizan (c. 1364-1430)

"There always have been and there always will be women who are just as spotless as they are beautiful."

• From The Book of the City of Ladies (Part II, chapter 41) by Christine de Pizan, translated by Rosalind Brown-Grant (Penguin Classics, 1999).

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Christine de Pizan

Christine de Pizan (c. 1364-1430)

"There are in fact several women who have displayed the necessary courage, strength and bravery to undertake and accomplish extraordinary deeds which match those achieved by the great conquerors and knights mentioned in books."

• From The Book of the City of Ladies (Part I, chapter 14) by Christine de Pizan, translated by Rosalind Brown-Grant (Penguin Classics, 1999).

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Christine de Pizan

Christine de Pizan (c. 1364-1430)

"Though some women are undeniably silly, there are many others who have more intelligence, sensitivity and shrewdness than a whole group of men put together."

• From The Book of the City of Ladies (Part I, chapter 13) by Christine de Pizan, translated by Rosalind Brown-Grant (Penguin Classics, 1999).

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Christine de Pizan

Christine de Pizan (French authoress, c. 1364-1430)

"Let me tell you that those who speak ill of women do more harm to themselves than they do to the women they actually slander."

• From The Book of the City of Ladies (Part I, chapter 2) by Christine de Pizan, translated by Rosalind Brown-Grant (Penguin Classics, 1999).

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Christine de Pizan

Christine de Pizan (French writer, c. 1364-1430)

"My ladies, see how these men assail you on all sides and accuse you of every vice imaginable. Prove them all wrong by showing how principled you are and refute the criticisms they make of you by behaving morally."

• From The Book of the City of Ladies (Part III, chapter 19) by Christine de Pizan, translated by Rosalind Brown-Grant (Penguin Classics, 1999).

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Christine de Pizan

Christine de Pizan (French Writer, 1364-1430 CE)

"I tell you, the day that all men attain perfection, women will follow their example."

• From The Book of the City of Ladies by Christine de Pizan, translated by Rosalind Brown-Grant (Penguin Classics, 1999).

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