Feminine virtue is nothing but a convenient masculine invention.
- Ninon de L'Enclos
Nothing, Feminine, Masculine, Convenient
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
Relationship, Woman, Head, Guided
Every action we take, everything we do, is either a victory or defeat in the struggle to become what we want to be.
- Ninon de L'Enclos
Defeat, Either, Take, Struggle
It is strange that modesty is the rule for women when what they most value in men is boldness.
- Ninon de L'Enclos
Men, Modesty, Most, Boldness
Words really flattering are not those which we prepare but those which escape us unthinkingly.
- Ninon de L'Enclos
Prepare, Which, Flattering, Unthinkingly
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.
- Ninon de L'Enclos
Daily Life, Why, Larger, Ought
A man is given the choice between loving women and understanding them.
- Ninon de L'Enclos
Understanding, Loving, Given, Between
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.
- Ninon de L'Enclos
New, Cherish, Lives, Rises
Love never dies of starvation, but often of indigestion.
- Ninon de L'Enclos
Love, Never, Starvation, Dies
That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.
- Ninon de L'Enclos
Good, Always, Which, Striking
The resistance of a woman is not always a proof of her virtue, but more frequently of her experience.
- Ninon de L'Enclos
Woman, Her, Always, Proof
Men lose more conquests by their own awkwardness than by any virtue in the woman.
- Ninon de L'Enclos
Woman, Men, More, Awkwardness
The more sins you confess, the more books you will sell.
- Ninon de L'Enclos
Will, Books, Confess, Sins
If God had to give a woman wrinkles, He might at least have put them on the soles of her feet.
- Ninon de L'Enclos
Woman, Feet, Give, Wrinkles
The ideal has many names, and beauty is but one of them.
- Ninon de L'Enclos
Beauty, Ideal, Them, Names
Old age is a woman's hell.
- Ninon de L'Enclos
Woman, Old Age, Old, Hell
The joy of the mind is the measure of its strength.
- Ninon de L'Enclos
Strength, Mind, Brainy, Measure
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