Quote#Self
That learning belongs not to the female character, and that the…
Quote byVicesimus Knox · 1752–1821
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Essays, Moral and Literary (1782), no. 142.
English (original)
That learning belongs not to the female character, and that the female mind is not capable of a degree of improvement equal to that of the other sex, are narrow and unphilosophical prejudices.
— Vicesimus Knox
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