With the present system of education for girls any genius who happens to be born a woman… — Stendhal
With the present system of education for girls any genius who happens to be born a woman can make no contribution to public happiness.
In the original French
D'apres le systeme actuel de l'education des jeunes filles, tous les genies qui naissent femmes sont perdus pour le bonheur du public.
1822
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Stendhal. Love, translated by Gilbert Sale and Suzanne Sale. Penguin Classics, 1975, ch. 56.
Original citation
Stendhal. De L'Amour [On Love]. Paris: Pierre Mongie, 1822, ch. 56.
