[إذا] رجعنا إلى التاريخ، وجدنا أنّ النساء اللواتي تميّزن لم يكنّ الأجمل ولا الأكثر رقّةً من بنات جنسهنّ.

“[I]f we revert to history, we shall find that the women who have distinguished themselves have neither been the most beautiful nor the most gentle of their sex.”Mary Wollstonecraft — A Vindication of the Rights of Men; A Vindication of the Rights of Woman; An Historical and Moral View of the French Revolution (1999)