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For this reason, it is well said that misfortune is sometimes good for something, for it teaches at the same time that it hurts.
For this reason, it is well said that misfortune is sometimes good for something, for it teaches at the same time that it hurts.
Approximate author period: c. 1397 AD · medieval
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- Christine de Pizan
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- Approximate author period: c. 1397 AD · medieval
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to Christine de Pizan, based on documented lifetime 1364 to 1430. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q234816 (checked 2026-10-08). The death year is approximate in the authority description. This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q234816 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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