We only make a dupe of the friend whose advice we ask, for we never tell him all; and it is usually what we have left unsaid that decides our conduct. — Diane de Poitiers Copy Share Image
To have a good enemy, choose a friend; he knows where to strike. — Diane de Poitiers Copy Share Image
The years that a woman subtracts from her age are not lost. They are added to other women's. — Diane de Poitiers Copy Share Image
Men at any age truly never grow up. All, no matter what importance they may have attained, are still no more than little boys. — Diane de Poitiers Copy Share Image
It is only love that has already fallen sick that is killed by absence. — Diane de Poitiers Copy Share Image
Calumny is like counterfeit money; many people who would not coin it circulate it without qualms. — Diane de Poitiers Copy Share Image
We only make a dupe of the friend whose advice we ask, for we never tell him all; and it is usually what we… — Diane de Poitiers Copy Share Image
... see well how it often befalls that to rise to the topmost degree would make it seem that the abyss is on high. — Diane de Poitiers Copy Share Image
To have a good enemy, choose a friend; he knows where to strike. — Diane de Poitiers Copy Share Image
Old age appears hideous to us until we have to choose between it and death. — Diane de Poitiers Copy Share Image
