Ninon de Lenclos Quote

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


A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1886)


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

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

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

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