Although the many virtues that courtesans possessed were employed to defy circumstances, the role they played depended on the same circumstances over… — Susan Griffin Copy Share Image
If Courtezans and Strumpets were to be prosecuted with as much Rigour as some silly People would have it, what Locks or… — Bernard de Mandeville Copy Share Image
By dint of making sacrifices, a man grows interested in the person who exacts them. Great ladies, like courtesans, know this truth… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Laments of an Icarus The paramours of courtesans Are well and satisfied, content. But as for me my limbs are rent Because… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
It took me some years to clear my head of what Paris wanted me to admire about it, and to notice what… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of… — Pietro Aretino Copy Share Image
The demi-monde does not represent the crowd of courtesans, but the class of declassed women It is divided from that of honest… — Marlene Dumas Copy Share Image
The art of war is like the art of the courtesan; indeed they might be called sisters, since both are slaves of… — Pietro Aretino Copy Share Image
I have seen purer liqors, better segars, finer tobacco, truer guns and pistols, larger dirks and bowie knives, and prettier women courtesans… — Hinton Rowan Helper Copy Share Image
“Now my uncle knew many of them [actresses] personally, and also ladies of another class, not clearly distinguished from actresses in my… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
When prostitution is a crime, the message conveyed is that women who are sexual are "bad," and therefore legitimate victims of sexual… — Margo St. James Copy Share Image
Public opinion is a courtesan, whom we seek to please without respecting. — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn Copy Share Image
“A megértés különbözteti meg a kurtizánt a szajhától. Minden egyes férfinak, aki belép az ajtómon, a bőrébe bújok. Ha ismerem a férfit,… — Brent Weeks Copy Share Image
