As for those who state that it is thanks to a woman the lady Eve that man was expelled from paradise my answer to them would be that man has gained far more through Mary than he ever lost through Eve.
Christine De Pizan
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Ah child and youth if you knew the bliss which resides in the taste of knowledge and the evil and ugliness that lies in ignorance how well you are advised to not complain of the pain and labor of learning.
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Not all men and especially the wisest share the opinion that it is bad for women to be educated. But it is very true that many foolish men have claimed this because it displeased them that women knew more than they did.
- Christine De Pizan