whoever is so stupid as to imagine God to be either masculine or feminine openly shows that he is as bad a philosopher as a theologian.

- Marie De Gournay

Lucky are you, reader, if you happen not to be of that sex to whom it is forbidden all good things; to whom liberty is denied; to whom almost all vir…

- Marie De Gournay

If men pride themselves on the fact that Jesus Christ was born of their sex, the answer is that this was necessary for the sake of decency, for if he…

- Marie De Gournay

Happy are you, reader, if you do not belong to this sex to which all good is forbidden.

- Marie De Gournay

certain ancient cavilers have gone so far as to deny that the female sex, as opposed to the male sex, is made in the likeness of God, which likeness …

- Marie De Gournay

the most important quality of an inept person is to rely on popular belief and hearsay.

- Marie De Gournay

The human animal ... is ... neither male nor female ... And if I am allowed to jest a little in passing, I have a joke that is not altogether irrelev…

- Marie De Gournay

Ignorance is the mother of presumption

- Marie De Gournay