Courtesans Quotes

24 quotes by 23 authors

With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of a courtesan; it… — Pietro Aretino
The art of war is like the art of the courtesan; indeed they might be called sisters, since both are slaves of desperation. — Pietro Aretino
I'll live as a courtesan, not as a woman. I'll embrace any man that comes my way. It's not hard giving your body and not… — Hwang Jini
If they are ignorant, they are despised, if learned, mocked. In love they are reduced to the status of courtesans. As wives they are treated… — George Sand
I love this word decadence, all shimmering in purple and gold. It suggests the subtle thoughts of ultimate civilization, a high literary culture, a soul… — Paul Verlaine
Although the many virtues that courtesans possessed were employed to defy circumstances, the role they played depended on the same circumstances over which they triumphed-… — Susan Griffin
It is something, I thought, when a king can put a courtesan to the blush. — Mary Renault
The slot machines sit there like young courtesans, promising pleasures undreamed of, your deepest desires fulfilled, all lusts satiated. — Frank Scoblete
It took me some years to clear my head of what Paris wanted me to admire about it, and to notice what I preferred instead.… — Julian Barnes
History is the history of human behavior, and human behavior is the raw material of fiction. Most people recognize that novelists do research to get… — Amy Waldman
A fat lot of good it would do if I told you that Titian's courtesans make you want to caress them. Some day you'll see… — Pierre-Auguste Renoir
The demi-monde does not represent the crowd of courtesans, but the class of declassed women It is divided from that of honest women by public… — Marlene Dumas
The word liberty in the mouth of Mr. Webster sounds like the word love in the mouth of a courtesan. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
If I had to fall from Cassiel's grace, at least I know it took a courtesan worthy of Kings to do it. — Jacqueline Carey
Death is as unexpected in his caprice as a courtesan in her disdain; but death is truer â€“ Death has never forsaken any man — Honore de Balzac
You have a curious way of arousing one's imagination, stimulating all one's nerves, and making one's pulses beat faster. You put an aureole on vice,… — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
... for most practical purposes, Tarbean had two parts: Waterside and Hillside. Waterside is where people are poor. That makes them beggars, thieves and whores.… — Patrick Rothfuss
She had the underwear of a thirteen-year-old, as well, he thought. He glanced back at her. But the shoes of a courtesan. — Anne Stuart
How is it that one woman isâ€¦enoughâ€¦for three men?â€ â€œI donâ€™t know.â€ â€œShe must be a very talented courtesan.â€ â€œCallie.â€ â€œWell, that was what she… — Sarah MacLean
Mother went out again tonight, looking like a courtesan. — John Kennedy Toole

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23 authors contributed a total of 24 Courtesans Quotes as follows: