Ninon de L'Enclos

Quotes by Ninon de L'Enclos

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Author and courtesan · French · 1620–1705

French author and courtesan (1620–1705)

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

“Love never dies of starvation but often of indigestion.”

“Love never dies of starvation but often of indigestion.”

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

“Men lose more conquests by their own awkwardness than by any virtue in the woman.”

“That which is striking and beautiful is not always good but that which is good is always beautiful.”

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“Men lose more conquests by their own awkwardness than by any virtue in the woman.”
— Ninon de l'Enclos
awkward conquest lose men

“The joy of the mind is the measure of its strength.”
— Ninon de L'Enclos
Strength Joy Mind

“The resistance of a woman is not always a proof of her virtue, but more frequently of her experience.”
— Ninon de L'Enclos
Woman Resistance Her

“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
Heart Woman Husband

“That which is striking and beautiful is not always good but that which is good is always beautiful.”
— Ninon de L'Enclos
beauty

“Love never dies of starvation but often of indigestion.”
— Ninon de L'Enclos
heartbreak

“A woman is more influenced by what she divines than by what she is told.”
— Ninon de L'Enclos
influence

“That which is striking and beautiful is not always good but that which is good is always beautiful.”
— Ninon de L'Enclos
beauty

“Love never dies of starvation but often of indigestion.”
— Ninon de L'Enclos
heartbreak

“That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.”
— Ninon de L'Enclos
Beautiful Always Which