Juana Ines de la Cruz Quotes


I don't study to know more, but to ignore less.


Citations

Cruz, Juana Inés de la. "Reply to Sister Philotea." A Sor Juana Anthology, translated by Alan S. Trueblood, Harvard University Press, 1988, p. 211.

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Juana Ines de la Cruz
Juana Ines de la Cruz
  • Born: November 12, 1648
  • Died: April 17, 1695
  • Nationality:
  • Profession: Nun, Poet, Writer, Musician Composer

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz OSH was a Mexican writer, philosopher, composer, poet of the Baroque period, and Hieronymite nun. Her outspoken opinions granted her lifelong names such as "The Tenth Muse" and "The Phoenix of Mexico", for she was a flame that rose from the ashes of "religious authoritarianism".