The Selected Writings of Christine de Pizan Quotes

“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.”
― Christine de Pizan, The Selected Writings of Christine de Pizan

“... one could find plenty of intelligent women in the world if one were willing to look.”
― Christine de Pizan, The Selected Writings of Christine de Pizan

“Speak gently but look out for your rights.”
― Christine de Pizan, The Selected Writings of Christine de Pizan

“These are my habits and the way I spend my life: studying literature.”
― Christine de Pizan, The Selected Writings of 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.”
― Christine de Pizan, The Selected Writings of Christine de Pizan

“I do not consider my deeds or my knowledge to be a great thing. The only fact is — and I can say this honestly — that I love learning and a solitary life.”
― Christine de Pizan, The Selected Writings of Christine de Pizan