Anticipate Quote by Ninon de L'Enclos

A woman is more influenced by what she divines than by what she is told.

— Ninon de L'Enclos

The resistance of a woman is not always a proof of her virtue, but more frequently of her experience.

— Ninon de L'Enclos

One must choose between loving women and knowing them.

— Ninon de L'Enclos

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

Novelty is the storehouse of pleasure.

— Ninon de L'Enclos

Hatred is nearly always honest--rarely, if ever, assumed. So much cannot be said for love.

— Ninon de L'Enclos

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

Wit is a dangerous talent in friendship.

— Ninon de L'Enclos

When our desires are fulfilled, we never fail to realize the wealth of imagination and the paucity of reality.

— Ninon de L'Enclos

If a man needs a religion to conduct himself properly in this world, it is a sign that he has either a limited mind…

— Ninon de L'Enclos

The joy of the mind is the measure of its strength.

— Ninon de L'Enclos

Gossip, like ennui, is born of idleness.

— Ninon de L'Enclos