Christine de Pizan Quotes
Women particularly should concern themselves with peace because men by nature are more foolhardy and headstrong, and their overwhelming desire to avenge themselves prevents them from foreseeing the resulting dangers and terrors of war. But woman by nature is more gentle and circumspect. Therefore, if she has sufficient will and wisdom she can provide the best possible means to pacify man.
Christine de Pizan
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Before the gods and after, always, are the streams. Caves, stones, hills. Trees. The earth. The darkness of the earth.
Ursula K. Le Guin
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Carl Jung
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Orson Scott Card
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Cole Porter
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Frank Robinson
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Christy Turlington
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Kenneth Grahame
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Nelson A. Miles
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Lynsey Addario
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Karl Iagnemma
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Daniel Greenberg