Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Juana Inés de la Cruz Quotes: I walk beneath your pens, and am not what I truly am, but what you'd prefer to imagine me.
         

I walk beneath your pens, and am not what I truly am, but what you'd prefer to imagine me.


Juana Inés de la Cruz
Check all other quotes by Juana Inés de la Cruz

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Juana Inés de la Cruz Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Sun. 22 Dec. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/I-walk-beneath-your-pens-and-am-767003>.





Check out


Other quotes of Juana Inés de la Cruz


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

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



Everything that you receive is not measured according to its actual size, but, rather that of the receiving vessel.

Everything that you receive is not measured according to its actual size, but, rather that of the receiving vessel.



As love is union, it knows no extremes of distance.

As love is union, it knows no extremes of distance.



One can perfectly well philosophize while cooking supper.

One can perfectly well philosophize while cooking supper.



O who is more to blame: He who sins for pay - Or he who pays for sin?

O who is more to blame: He who sins for pay - Or he who pays for sin?



Aristotle could have known so much more if he cooked.

Aristotle could have known so much more if he cooked.



In my opinion, better far it be To destroy vanity within my life Than to destroy my life in vanity.

In my opinion, better far it be To destroy vanity within my life Than to destroy my life in vanity.



In loss itself I find assuagement: having lost the treasure, I've nothing to fear.

In loss itself I find assuagement: having lost the treasure, I've nothing to fear.



And what shall I tell you, lady, of the natural secrets I have discovered while cooking? And I often say, when observing these details: had Aristotle prepared victuals, he would have written more.

And what shall I tell you, lady, of the natural secrets I have discovered while cooking? And I often say, when observing these details: had Aristotle prepared victuals, he would have written more.



I believed, when I entered this convent, I was escaping from myself, but alas, poor me, I brought myself with me!

I believed, when I entered this convent, I was escaping from myself, but alas, poor me, I brought myself with me!





Other quotes you may like


If you want to change your nation, you have to start a conversation.

If you want to change your nation, you have to start a conversation.



We all know the true nature of the human soul, because we have all looked into the eyes of children, and saw ourselves looking back.

We all know the true nature of the human soul, because we have all looked into the eyes of children, and saw ourselves looking back.



When we allow ourselves to experience unconditional love in our lives, what we are able to know, see, feel, hear, and access is actually unlimited, unbounded by time.

When we allow ourselves to experience unconditional love in our lives, what we are able to know, see, feel, hear, and access is actually unlimited, unbounded by time.



Every kindness I received, small or big, convinced me that there could never be enough of it in our world... Kindness can change the lives of people.

Every kindness I received, small or big, convinced me that there could never be enough of it in our world... Kindness can change the lives of people.



Will you marry me? Do you have any money? Answer the second question first.

Will you marry me? Do you have any money? Answer the second question first.



The friendliness and charity of our countrymen can always be relied upon to relieve their fellow citizens in misfortune.

The friendliness and charity of our countrymen can always be relied upon to relieve their fellow citizens in misfortune.



Wherever the storm carries me, I go a willing guest.

Wherever the storm carries me, I go a willing guest.



Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.

Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.



Our devil has pale skin and blue eyes

Our devil has pale skin and blue eyes



Considering the current sad state of our computer programs, software development is clearly still a black art, and cannot yet be called an engineering discipline.

Considering the current sad state of our computer programs, software development is clearly still a black art, and cannot yet be called an engineering discipline.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "I walk beneath your pens, and am not what I truly am, but what you'd prefer to imagine me.". Author of this quote is Juana Inés de la Cruz. This quote is about pens, walks, imagine,.