62 Quotes by Ninon de L'Enclos

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.

A cunning woman is her own mistress because she confides in no one. She who deceives others anticipates deceit, and guards herself.

Feminine virtue is nothing but a convenient masculine invention.

Glances are the first billets-doux of love.

I hold those wise who know how to be happy.

Gentleness! more powerful than Hercules.

The passions do not die out; they burn out.

Ennui, the parent of expensive and ruinous vices.

There are no perfect women in the world; only hypocrites exhibit no defects.