Do you really believe ... that everything historians tell us about men – or about women – is actually true? You ought to consider the fact that these histories have been written by men, who never tell the truth except by accident.
Men are just like unlit lamps: in themselves they are no good for anything, but, when lit, they can be handy to have around the house. - Moderata Fonte
Men are just like unlit lamps: in themselves they are no good for anything, but, when lit, they can be handy to have around the house.
- Moderata Fonte
Do you really believe ... that everything historians tell us about men – or about women – is actually true? You ought to consider the fact that these… - Moderata Fonte
Do you really believe ... that everything historians tell us about men – or about women – is actually true? You ought to consider the fact that these…
[M]en, though they know full well how much women are worth and how great the benefits we bring them, nonetheless seek to destroy us out of envy for o… - Moderata Fonte
[M]en, though they know full well how much women are worth and how great the benefits we bring them, nonetheless seek to destroy us out of envy for o…
[I]t was with a good end in mind – that of acquiring the knowledge of good and evil – that Eve allowed herself to be carried away and eat the forbidd… - Moderata Fonte
[I]t was with a good end in mind – that of acquiring the knowledge of good and evil – that Eve allowed herself to be carried away and eat the forbidd…
Men were created before women. ... But that doesn't prove their superiority – rather, it proves ours, for they were born out of the lifeless earth in… - Moderata Fonte
Men were created before women. ... But that doesn't prove their superiority – rather, it proves ours, for they were born out of the lifeless earth in…
"But when you hear men talking," said Cornelia, "all they ever do is speak ill of women. 'And I don't quite know how they've managed to make this law… - Moderata Fonte
"But when you hear men talking," said Cornelia, "all they ever do is speak ill of women. 'And I don't quite know how they've managed to make this law…
This pre-eminence is something [men] have unjustly arrogated to themselves. And when it's said that women must be subject to men, the phrase should b… - Moderata Fonte
This pre-eminence is something [men] have unjustly arrogated to themselves. And when it's said that women must be subject to men, the phrase should b…
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