Ninon Lenclos
Ninon Lenclos
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The resistance of a woman to a mans advances is not always a sign of virtue. Sometimes its just a sign of experience.
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Love never dies of starvation, but often of indigestion
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It is strange that modesty is the rule for women when what they most value in men is boldness.
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Men lose more conquests by their own awkwardness than by any virtue in the woman.
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Every action we take, everything we do, is either a victory or defeat in the struggle to become what we want to be.
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The resistance of a woman is not always a proof of her virtue, but more frequently of her experience
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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.
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The more sins you confess, the more books you will sell.