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Juana Ines De La Cruz quotes: 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.

Juana Ines 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 Ines De La Cruz quotes: Privation is the source of appetite.

Privation is the source of appetite.

Juana Ines De La Cruz quotes: 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!

Juana Ines De La Cruz quotes: 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.

Juana Ines De La Cruz quotes: Must I dwell in slavery's night And all pleasure take its flight Far beyond my feeble sight, Forever?

Must I dwell in slavery's night And all pleasure take its flight Far beyond my feeble sight, Forever?

Juana Ines De La Cruz quotes: The matter to me was simple:love for you was so strong,I could see you in my souland talk to you all day long.

The matter to me was simple:
love for you was so strong,
I could see you in my soul
and talk to you all day long.

Juana Ines De La Cruz quotes: The greater evil who is in-When both in wayward paths are straying? The poor sinner for the painOr he who pays for the sin?

The greater evil who is in-
When both in wayward paths are straying?
The poor sinner for the pain
Or he who pays for the sin?

Juana Ines De La Cruz quotes: 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?

Juana Ines De La Cruz quotes: Critics: In your sightno woman can win:keep you out, and she's too tight;she's too loose if you get in.

Critics: In your sight
no woman can win:
keep you out, and she's too tight;
she's too loose if you get in.

Juana Ines De La Cruz quotes: Aristotle could have known so much more if he cooked.

Aristotle could have known so much more if he cooked.

Juana Ines De La Cruz quotes: As love is union, it knows no extremes of distance.

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

Juana Ines De La Cruz quotes: Rare is he who will concede genius.

Rare is he who will concede genius.

Juana Ines De La Cruz quotes: One can perfectly well philosophize while cooking supper.

One can perfectly well philosophize while cooking supper.

Juana Ines De La Cruz quotes: 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.