62 Quotes by Ninon de L'Enclos

Words really flattering are not those which we prepare but those which escape us unthinkingly.

Equality is the share of every one at their advent upon earth, and equality is also theirs when placed beneath it.

After the age of eighty, all contemporaries are friends.

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

Old age is a woman's hell.

The ideal has many names, and beauty is but one of them.

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.

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