Ninon de l'Enclos Quotes

Love never dies of starvation, but often of indigestion.

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

That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.

The ideal has many names, and beauty is but one of them.

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

Today a new sun rises for me; everything lives, everything is animated, everything seems to speak to me of my passion, everything invites me to cherish it.