Hatred is nearly always honest--rarely, if ever, assumed. So much cannot be said for love. — Ninon de L'Enclos Hate Copy Share Image
That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful. — Ninon de L'Enclos Beautiful 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
Love without desire is a delusion: it does not exist in nature. — Ninon de L'Enclos Delusion Copy Share Image
Soft moonlight and tender love harmonize together wonderfully. — Ninon de L'Enclos Love Copy Share Image
I have always sworn to my lovers to love them eternally, but for me eternity is a quarter of an hour. — Ninon de L'Enclos Eternally Copy Share Image
Friendship should be in the singular; it can be no more plural than love. — Ninon de L'Enclos Friend 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
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
Who has not raised a tombstone, here and there, over buried hopes and dead joys, on the road of life? Like the… — Ninon de L'Enclos Buried 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
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
A sensible woman should be guided by her head when taking a husband, and by her heart when taking a lover. — Ninon de L'Enclos Feminism Copy Share Image
“That which is striking and beautiful is not always right, but that which is right is always beautiful ” — Ninon de L'Enclos Beautiful 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
What is death, after all? We leave only mortals behind us. — Ninon de L'Enclos Behinds Copy Share Image
Shall I tell you what makes love so dangerous? 'Tis the too high idea we are apt to form of it. — Ninon de L'Enclos Dangerous Copy Share Image
A woman is more influenced by what she divines than by what she is told. — Ninon de L'Enclos Divine Copy Share Image
A man is given the choice between loving women and understanding them — Ninon de L'Enclos Feminism 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
The resistance of a woman is not always a proof of her virtue, but more frequently of her experience. — Ninon de L'Enclos Feminism Copy Share Image
Words really flattering are not those which we prepare but those which escape us unthinkingly. — Ninon de L'Enclos Flattering 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
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 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
