The man or the woman in whom resides greater virtue is the higher; neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person l — Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies
The man or the woman in whom resides greater virtue is the higher; neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person l — Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies
The man or the woman in whom resides greater virtue is the higher; neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person l — Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies
The man or the woman in whom resides greater virtue is the higher; neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person l — Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies
The man or the woman in whom resides greater virtue is the higher; neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person l — Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies
The man or the woman in whom resides greater virtue is the higher; neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person l — Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies
The man or the woman in whom resides greater virtue is the higher; neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person l — Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies
The man or the woman in whom resides greater virtue is the higher; neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person l — Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies
The man or the woman in whom resides greater virtue is the higher; neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person l — Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies
The man or the woman in whom resides greater virtue is the higher; neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person l — Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies
The man or the woman in whom resides greater virtue is the higher; neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person l — Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies
The man or the woman in whom resides greater virtue is the higher; neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person l — Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies
The man or the woman in whom resides greater virtue is the higher; neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person l — Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies
The man or the woman in whom resides greater virtue is the higher; neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person l — Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies
The man or the woman in whom resides greater virtue is the higher; neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person l — Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies
The man or the woman in whom resides greater virtue is the higher; neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person l — Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies
The man or the woman in whom resides greater virtue is the higher; neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person l — Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies
The man or the woman in whom resides greater virtue is the higher; neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person l — Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies
The man or the woman in whom resides greater virtue is the higher; neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person l — Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies
The man or the woman in whom resides greater virtue is the higher; neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person l — Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies
The man or the woman in whom resides greater virtue is the higher; neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person l — Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies
The man or the woman in whom resides greater virtue is the higher; neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person l — Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies
The man or the woman in whom resides greater virtue is the higher; neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person l — Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies
The man or the woman in whom resides greater virtue is the higher; neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person l — Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies
The man or the woman in whom resides greater virtue is the higher; neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person l — Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies
The man or the woman in whom resides greater virtue is the higher; neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person l — Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies
The man or the woman in whom resides greater virtue is the higher; neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person l — Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies
The man or the woman in whom resides greater virtue is the higher; neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person l — Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies
The man or the woman in whom resides greater virtue is the higher; neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person l — Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies
The man or the woman in whom resides greater virtue is the higher; neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person l — Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies
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The man or the woman in whom resides greater virtue is the higher; neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person lies in the body according to the sex, but in the perfection of conduct and virtues.

— Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies
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