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Juana Inés de la Cruz on Valentine's Day

1651–1695 Mexico

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O World, why do you wish to persecute me?
How do I offend you, when I intend
only to fix beauty in my intellect,
and never my intellect fix on beauty?

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Juana Inés de la Cruz (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.