“[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 our merits. It's just like the crow, when it produces white nestlings: it is so stricken by envy, knowing how black it is itself, that it kills its own offspring out of pique.” KnowsWellsBlackWhiteKnowingProduceBenefitsEnvyInequalityMeritCrowOffspringPique Author: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 in their favor, or who exactly it was who gave them a greater license to sin than is allowed to us; and if the fault is common to both sexes (as they can hardly deny), why should the blame not be as well?” IfsThinkingKnowsMenShouldWellsSaidLawSpeakSexSinCommonTalkingKnow HowGreaterShameBlameFaultsIllDenyInequalityStereotypeNormFavourBoastLicense Author:Moderata Fonte
