In a passion that is guilty Who bears the greater blame: She who falls on being entreated Or he who falls to make entreaty? When each is guilty of si… - Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

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In a passion that is guilty
Who bears the greater blame:
She who falls on being entreated
Or he who falls to make entreaty?
When each is guilty of sin,
Which is the most to blame:
She who sins for payment,
Or he who pays for the sin?

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About Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

Juana Inés de la Cruz, O.S.H. (English: Joan Agnes of the Cross; 12 November 1651 – 17 April 1695), was a self-taught scholar and poet of the Baroque school, and Hieronymite nun of New Spain, known in her lifetime as "The Tenth Muse."

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Native Name: Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana
Alternative Names: Juana Ines de la Cruz Sor Juana Ines Jeane-Ignes de la Cruz Sor Juana Juana Ines de Asbaje y Ramirez de Santillana Juana Inés de la Cruz
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