The Book of the City of Ladies Appearances Quotes

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Quote #10

Justine, a holy virgin born in Antioch, very young and extraordinarily beautiful, overcame the Devil, who boasted during the invocation of a necromancer that he would succeed in making her do the will of a man who was completely taken with her love and who would not leave her in peace. (3.8.1)

Justine was a very beautiful woman. But even though the devil tried to make her give in to a man's sexual advances, her inner beauty was able to defeat the devil.