Ninon de LEnclos Quotes (12 Quotes)
- Much more genius is needed to make love than to command armies.
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- The joy of the mind is the measure of its strength.
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- Equality is the share of every one at their advent upon earth, and equality is also theirs when placed beneath it.
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- A man is given the choice between loving women and understanding them.
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- The resistance of a woman is not always proof of her virtue but more frequently of her experience.
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- It is strange that modesty is the rule for women when what they most value in men is boldness.
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- A sensible woman should be guided by her head when taking a husband, and by her heart when taking a lover.
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- That which is striking and beautiful is not always good But that which is good is always beautiful.
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- We should take care to lay in a stock of provisions, but not of pleasures these should be gathered day by day.
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- Love never dies of starvation, but often of indigestion.
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- Feminine virtue is nothing but a convenient masculine invention.
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- Words really flattering are not those which we prepare but those which escape us unthinkingly.
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