62 Quotes by Ninon de L'Enclos

I have always sworn to my lovers to love them eternally, but for me eternity is a quarter of an hour.

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

Friendship should be in the singular; it can be no more plural than love.

It is not enough to be wise, one must be engaging.

Hatred is nearly always honest – rarely, if ever, assumed. So much cannot be said for love.

The less heart, the more comfort.

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.

Indiscretion and wickedness, be it known, are first cousins.

Memory is ever active, ever true. Alas, if it were only as easy to forget!