42 Quotes by Christine de Pizan

For this reason, it is well said that misfortune is sometimes good for something, for it teaches at the same time that it hurts.

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 opposite point of view and keep the best arguments for themselves, for aggressors are always quick to attack those who have no means of defence.

These are my habits and the way I spend my life: studying literature.

What do you care if people talk? Those who talk cannot harm you. Why should you be worried? You should only think about those things that please you. You have only one life in this world: soon you'll reach your eternal rest.

Just as women's bodies are softer than men's, so their understanding is sharper.

For you know that any evil spoken of women so generally only hurts those who say it, not women themselves.

We've never heardAbout a marvel quite so great,For all the heroes who have livedIn history can't measure upIn bravery against the Maid.

Just as women's bodies are softer than men's, so their understanding is sharper.” ― Christine de Pizan She was the first woman in France to earn a living by her writing! Born 1364, she advocated for women's equality, wrote poetry, novels, biography, an autobiography, literary, political and religious commentary. She was the widowed mother of three and, perhaps, the first feminist!

... one could find plenty of intelligent women in the world if one were willing to look.