--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: She is a mortal danger to all men. She is…" description: "\"She is a mortal danger to all men. She is beautiful without knowing it, and possesses charms that she's not even aware of. She is like a trap set by na..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/069/cyrano-de-bergerac-24307_ambush_she-is-a-mortal-danger-to-all-men-she-is_694070.png" --- # She is a mortal danger to all men. She is beautiful… ![“She is a mortal danger to all men. She is beautiful without knowing it, and possesses charms that she's not even aware of. She is like a trap set by nature - a sweet perfumed rose in whose petals Cupid lurks in ambush! Anyone who has seen her smile has known perfection. She instills grace in every…” quote by Cyrano de Bergerac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/069/cyrano-de-bergerac-24307_ambush_she-is-a-mortal-danger-to-all-men-she-is_694070.png) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/069/cyrano-de-bergerac-24307_ambush_she-is-a-mortal-danger-to-all-men-she-is_694070.png) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/069/cyrano-de-bergerac-24307_ambush_she-is-a-mortal-danger-to-all-men-she-is_694070.png) > “She is a mortal danger to all men. She is beautiful without knowing it, and possesses charms that she's not even aware of. She is like a trap set by nature - a sweet perfumed rose in whose petals Cupid lurks in ambush! Anyone who has seen her smile has known perfection. She instills grace in every common thing and divinity in every careless gesture. Venus in her shell was never so lovely, and Diana in the forest never so graceful as you.” [Cyrano de Bergerac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cyrano-de-bergerac/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Her beauty is innate, unselfconscious, and captivating, evoking divine qualities and natural allure. **In simple terms:** She is naturally beautiful and enchanting. Key Takeaway Recognize and appreciate unknowing charm. Themes beauty humility charisma Mood admiring reflective Type literary poetic When to use this quote - romantic courtship - artistic inspiration - self‑esteem building Key Concepts aesthetic appreciation psychology of attraction Questions to Reflect On - How does unawareness of beauty affect self‑perception? - Can admiration become objectification? 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She was beautiful, for the way she thought. She was beautiful, for that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/she-was-beautiful-but-not-like-those-girls-on-the-magazines-she-was/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [When you do talk about yourself, or to yourself... try to picture you talking to your own daughter, or your younger sister. Because you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-poehler/when-you-do-talk-about-yourself-or-to-yourself-try-to-picture-you/) [Amy Poehler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-poehler/) > [If we see nature as pausing, immediately all mortifies and decays; but seen as progressing, she is beautiful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/if-we-see-nature-as-pausing-immediately-all-mortifies-and-decays-but/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [I got married about three years ago again to a wonderful German woman. Her name is Monika and she is beautiful. 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She is beautiful but desexed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camille-paglia/nefertiti-is-like-athena-born-from-the-brow-of-zeus-a-head-heavy/) [Camille Paglia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camille-paglia/) > [True beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audrey-hepburn/true-beauty-in-a-woman-is-reflected-in-her-soul/) [Audrey Hepburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/audrey-hepburn/) ## More by Cyrano de Bergerac > [To tell the truth, the chariot was an astonishing sight to behold, because I had polished the steel of my flying house so carefully…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cyrano-de-bergerac/to-tell-the-truth-the-chariot-was-an-astonishing-sight-to-behold/) [Cyrano de Bergerac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cyrano-de-bergerac/) > [Even if a king defeats his enemy in battle, that still doesn't settle anything. 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It”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-davidson/accidents-ambush-the-unsuspecting-often-violently-just-like-love-it/) [Andrew Davidson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-davidson/) > [“Okay then, we’re set” he thought. “Come and get it”. 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