Ninon de Lenclos Quotes

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Words really flattering are not those which we prepare but those which escape us unthinkingly.

Ninon de Lenclos
Love never dies of starvation, but often of indigestion.

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The resistance of a woman is not always a proof of her virtue, but more frequently of her experience.

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If God had to give a woman wrinkles, He might at least have put them on the soles of her feet.

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Men lose more conquests by their own awkwardness than by any virtue in the woman.

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It takes one hundred times more intelligence to make love well than to command armies.

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It requires infinitely a greater genius to make love, than to make war.

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A woman is more influenced by what she divines than by what she is told.

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How often have I told you, that love seldom dies of hunger, but frequently of satiety?

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A woman should not take a lover without the consent of her heart, nor a husband without the consent of her reason.

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When women have passed thirty, the first thing they forget is their age; when they have attained forty, they have entirely lost the remembrance of it.

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A woman should never accept a lover without the consent of her heart, nor a husband without the consent of her judgment.

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Vows are the false money that pays for the sacrifices of love.

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It is the opinion of men that makes the reputation of women.

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A woman is never displeased if we please several other women, provided she is preferred: it is so many more triumphs for her.

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Never tell a loved one of an infidelity: you would be badly rewarded for your trouble. Although one dislikes being deceived, one likes even less to be undeceived.

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I have always sworn to my lovers to love them eternally, but to me eternity is a quarter of an hour.

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The desire to please is born in woman before the desire to love.

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We should lay in a store of food, but never of pleasures; these should be gathered day by day.

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Love without desire is a delusion: it does not exist in nature.

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The mind has great advantages over the body; however the body often furnishes little treats... which offer the mind relief from sad thoughts.

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A great fondness for animals often results from a knowledge of men.

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There is a certain time of life, when we value a good stomach more than the mind.

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Cupid is a traitor who scratches, even when one only plays with him.

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When the intoxication of love has passed, we laugh at the perfections it had discovered.

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