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{{Quote|“Just as women's bodies are softer than men's, so their understanding is sharper.”|Christine de Pizan}} | {{Quote|“Just as women's bodies are softer than men's, so their understanding is sharper.”|Christine de Pizan}} | ||
{{Quote|woman by nature is more gentle and circumspect. Therefore, if she has sufficient will and wisdom she can provide the best possible means to pacify man}} | {{Quote|woman by nature is more gentle and circumspect. Therefore, if she has sufficient will and wisdom she can provide the best possible means to pacify man|Christine de Pizan}} | ||
{{Quote|"[I]f you seek in every way to minimise my firm beliefs by your anti-feminist attacks, please recall that a small dagger or knife point can pierce a great, bulging sack and that a small fly can attack a great lion and speedily put him to flight.”}} | {{Quote|"[I]f you seek in every way to minimise my firm beliefs by your anti-feminist attacks, please recall that a small dagger or knife point can pierce a great, bulging sack and that a small fly can attack a great lion and speedily put him to flight.”|Christine de Pizan}} | ||