Sor Juana Ines Quotes & Sayings

For now, this afternoon, you saw and touched
my heart, dissolved and liquid in your hands. — Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz

If dual torment is to be my one condition,
both of loving and being loved I would quit. — Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz

El clavo que sobresale siempre recibe un martillazo." The nail that sticks out always gets hit by a hammer. We — Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz

privation is the cause of appetite — Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz

I don't study to know more, but to ignore less. — Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz

For those who are with greatness born
Should live not for themselves alone. — Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz