French - Author | 1620 - October 17, 1705
Every action we take, everything we do, is either a victory or defeat in the struggle to become what we want to be.
Ninon de L'Enclos
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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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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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A man is given the choice between loving women and understanding them.
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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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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.
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Feminine virtue is nothing but a convenient masculine invention.
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The joy of the mind is the measure of its strength.
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Men lose more conquests by their own awkwardness than by any virtue in the woman.
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The ideal has many names, and beauty is but one of them.
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The more sins you confess, the more books you will sell.
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