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When you hear men talking," said Cornelia, "all they ever do is speak ill of women.... And I don't quite know how they managed to make this law in their favour, 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? What makes them think they can boast of the same thing that in women brings only shame?

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Do you really believe... that everything historians tell us about men – or about women – is actually true? You ought to consider the fact that these histories have been written by men, who never tell the truth except by accident.

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Men are just like unlit lamps: in themselves they are no good for anything, but, when lit, they can be handy to have around the house.

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Born: 1555

Died: 1592 (aged 37)

Bio: Moderata Fonte, pseudonym of Modesta di Pozzo di Forzi, also known as Modesto Pozzo, was a Venetian writer and poet. Besides the posthumously-published dialogue, Il merito delle donne for which she is best known, she wrote a romance and religious poetry.

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