Ninon de L'Enclos Quotes
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A woman is more influenced by what she divines than by what she is told.
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Glances are the first billets-doux of love.
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Gossip, like ennui, is born of idleness.
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There are no perfect women in the world; only hypocrites exhibit no defects.
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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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Firmness is great; persistency is greater.
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Words really flattering are not those which we prepare but those which escape us unthinkingly.
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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.