Ninon Lenclos Quotations

Love never dies of starvation, but often of indigestion

It is strange that modesty is the rule for women when what they most value in men is boldness.

A man is given the choice between loving women and understanding them

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

Every action we take, everything we do, is either a victory or defeat in the struggle to become what we want to be.

Today a new sun rises for me; everything lives, everything is animated, everything seems to speak to me of my passion, everything invites me to cherish it

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

Actors ought to be larger than life. You come across quite enough ordinary, nondescript people in daily life and I don't see why you should be subjected to them on the stage too.

The more sins you confess, the more books you will sell.

The resistance of a woman to a mans advances is not always a sign of virtue. Sometimes its just a sign of experience.

The greatest potential for control the ends to exist at the point where action takes place.