Juana Inés de la Cruz, born on November 12, 1651, and died on April 17, 1695, was a renowned Mexican poet. Her poetry works are characterized by profound religious and philosophical connotations and are considered classics in the Spanish literature.
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“privation is the cause of appetite”
Source: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: Selected Writings
“Siento una grave agonía por lograr un devaneo, que empieza como deseo y para en melancolía.”
“In loss itself I find assuagement: having lost the treasure, I've nothing to fear.”
“O who is more to blame: He who sins for pay - Or he who pays for sin?”
“I walk beneath your pens, and am not what I truly am, but what you'd prefer to imagine me.”