A woman is more influenced by what she divines than by what she is told. — Ninon de L'Enclos Divine Copy Share Image
The resistance of a woman is not always a proof of her virtue, but more frequently of her experience. — Ninon de L'Enclos Proof Copy Share Image
Equality is the share of every one at their advent upon earth, and equality is also theirs when placed beneath it. — Ninon de L'Enclos Advent Copy Share Image
Hatred is nearly always honest--rarely, if ever, assumed. So much cannot be said for love. — Ninon de L'Enclos Hatred Copy Share Image
A woman should not take a lover without the consent of her heart, nor a husband without the consent of her reason. — Ninon de L'Enclos Consent Copy Share Image
When our desires are fulfilled, we never fail to realize the wealth of imagination and the paucity of reality. — Ninon de L'Enclos Desire Copy Share Image
A cunning woman is her own mistress because she confides in no one. She who deceives others anticipates deceit, and guards herself. — Ninon de L'Enclos Anticipate Copy Share Image
If a man needs a religion to conduct himself properly in this world, it is a sign that he has either a… — Ninon de L'Enclos Heart Copy Share Image
There is a certain time of life, when we value a good stomach more than the mind. — Ninon de L'Enclos Certain Copy Share Image
Today a new sun rises for me; everything lives, everything is animated, everything seems to speak to me of my passion, everything… — Ninon de L'Enclos Animated Copy Share Image
Actors ought to be larger than life. You come across quite enough ordinary, nondescript people in daily life and I don't see… — Ninon de L'Enclos Acting Copy Share Image
What is death, after all? We leave only mortals behind us. — Ninon de L'Enclos Behinds Copy Share Image
There is always a moment in the pyramid of our lives when the apex is reached. — Ninon de L'Enclos Apex Copy Share Image
The mind has great advantages over the body; however the body often furnishes little treats ... which offer the mind relief from… — Ninon de L'Enclos Advantage Copy Share Image
Love without desire is a delusion: it does not exist in nature. — Ninon de L'Enclos Delusion Copy Share Image
Friendship should be in the singular; it can be no more plural than love. — Ninon de L'Enclos Friendship Copy Share Image
