certain ancient cavilers have gone so far as to deny that the female sex, as opposed to the male sex, is made in the likeness of God, which likeness they must have taken to be, as far as I can tell, in the beard.
Marie de Gournaywhoever is so stupid as to imagine God to be either masculine or feminine openly shows that he is as bad a philosopher as a theologian.
Marie de Gournaythe most important quality of an inept person is to rely on popular belief and hearsay.
Marie de GournayHappy are you, reader, if you do not belong to this sex to which all good is forbidden.
Marie de GournayIf men pride themselves on the fact that Jesus Christ was born of their sex, the answer is that this was necessary for the sake of decency, for if he had been a woman, it would have been impossible for Jesus to go out at all hours of the day and the night and mingle with the crowds to convert them and to help and save mankind, without creating a scandal.
Marie de Gournay