18 Quotes by Juana Inés de la Cruz

In loss itself I find assuagement: having lost the treasure, I’ve nothing to fear.

Aristotle could have known so much more if he cooked.

And what shall I tell you, lady, of the natural secrets I have discovered while cooking? And I often say, when observing these details: had Aristotle prepared victuals, he would have written more.

I believed, when I entered this convent, I was escaping from myself, but alas, poor me, I brought myself with me!

Must I dwell in slavery’s night And all pleasure take its flight Far beyond my feeble sight, Forever?

Rare is he who will concede genius.

In my opinion, better far it be To destroy vanity within my life Than to destroy my life in vanity.

The greater evil who is in- When both in wayward paths are straying? The poor sinner for the pain Or he who pays for the sin?

One will abide, and will confess that another is nobler than he, that another is richer, more handsome, and even that he is more learned, but that another is richer in reason scarcely any will confess: Rare is he who will concede genius.