Olympia Morata Quotes on Knowledge
Olympia Morata was an Italian Renaissance humanist philosopher, classical scholar, and Protestant convert, prodigy of the court of Ferrara who, after marriage to a German Lutheran physician, fled with him to the Holy Roman Empire to escape Catholic persecution. This page collects quotes attributed to Olympia Morata on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Olympia Morata:
“Greek and Latin are the keys to wisdom; they are not the property of one sex.”
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Attributed to Olympia Morata:
“I write to you in the language of Cicero, but in the spirit of the Gospel.”
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Attributed to Olympia Morata:
“It is no light thing for a woman to set down her thoughts; the world will hold her to a higher standard than it holds men.”
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Attributed to Olympia Morata:
“Faith and learning are not rivals; the love of God and the love of letters are sisters.”