These are my habits and the way I spend my life: studying literature. — Christine de Pizan, The Selected Writings
These are my habits and the way I spend my life: studying literature. — Christine de Pizan, The Selected Writings
These are my habits and the way I spend my life: studying literature. — Christine de Pizan, The Selected Writings
These are my habits and the way I spend my life: studying literature. — Christine de Pizan, The Selected Writings
These are my habits and the way I spend my life: studying literature. — Christine de Pizan, The Selected Writings
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These are my habits and the way I spend my life: studying literature.

— Christine de Pizan, The Selected Writings
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