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Quote by Christine de Pizan

“there is no fire without smoke but there is often smoke without fire.”

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Christine de Pizan was a renowned French author, considered one of the most outstanding female writers of the Middle Ages. Born in 1364 and died in 1430, her works covered various fields, including philosophy, history, and literature. more

“Do not let the bread of the hungry mildew in your larder! Do not let moths eat the poor man's cloak. Do not store the shoes of the barefoot. Do not hoard the money of the needy. Things you possess in too great abundance belong to the poor and not to you. You are the thief who steals from God if you are able to help your neighbor and refuse to do it.”

Ifs Men Giving Helping Able Poor Poverty Shoes Refuse Stores Neighbor Stealing Hungry Bread Abundance Thieves Needy Poor Man Cloaks Moths Barefoot Mildew

Author:Christine de Pizan

“Poetry's object is truth.”

Poetry Objects

Author:Christine de Pizan

“I am ... troubled and grieved when men argue that many women want to be raped and that it does not bother them at all to be raped by men even when they verbally protest. It would be hard to believe that such great villainy is actually pleasant for them.”

Men Want Believe Doe Hard Would Be Arguing Bother Pleasant Protest Women Want Hard To Believe Villainy

Author:Christine de Pizan

“If it has to be that wars and battles are begun for many reasons and quarrels, then they should also be avoided and shunned by better and more valid reasons.”

Ifs Should War Reason Battle Quarrels Avoided Wars And Battles

Author:Christine de Pizan

“It is a deed of greater charity to give a bit of bread to the poor in the time of high prices and famine, than a whole loaf in the time of fertility and abundance.”

Giving Whole Bits Poor Greater Charity Deeds Bread Abundance Famine Fertility High Prices

Author:Christine de Pizan

“Only the dead fail to reach out with both hands.”

Hands Failing Reach Out

Author:Christine de Pizan

“A woman with a mind is fit for any task.”

Mind Fit Tasks

Author:Christine de Pizan

“When, as we must often do, we fear science, we really fear ourselves. Human dignity is better served by embracing knowledge.”

Humans Dignity Human Dignity

Author:John Charles Polanyi

“Even in the world of molecules the civilising influence of modest restraints is a cause for rejoicing.”

World Causes Influence Rejoice Modest Restraint Molecules

Author:John Charles Polanyi

“The Iraqis have a country that inherited cultures thousands of years old while the Americans have a culture only two hundred years old. Two hundred years will teach thousands of years!? Oh Americans, leave Iraq for its people.”

People Years Two Country Culture Teach Hundred Iraq

Author:Yusuf al-Qaradawi

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