Fair is not fair, but that which pleaseth. Ninon de L'Enclos More Quotes by Ninon de L'Enclos More Quotes From Ninon de L'Enclos Friendship should be in the singular; it can be no more plural than love. Ninon de L'Enclos should friendship The joy of the mind is the measure of its strength. Ninon de L'Enclos mind joy Hatred is nearly always honest--rarely, if ever, assumed. So much cannot be said for love. Ninon de L'Enclos honest hatred said Feminine virtue is nothing but a convenient masculine invention. Ninon de L'Enclos feminine invention virtue We should lay in a store of food, but never of pleasures; these should be gathered day by day. Ninon de L'Enclos stores pleasure should When our desires are fulfilled, we never fail to realize the wealth of imagination and the paucity of reality. Ninon de L'Enclos imagination desire reality There are other things besides beauty with which to captivate the hearts of men. The Italians have a saying: "Fair is not fair, but that which pleaseth. Ninon de L'Enclos attractiveness heart men Gentleness! more powerful than Hercules. Ninon de L'Enclos gentleness powerful Words really flattering are not those which we prepare but those which escape us unthinkingly. Ninon de L'Enclos flattering Old age is a woman's hell. Ninon de L'Enclos old-age hell age There is a certain time of life, when we value a good stomach more than the mind. Ninon de L'Enclos stomach certain mind Oaths are the counterfeit money with which we pay the sacrifice of love. Ninon de L'Enclos oath sacrifice pay The loss of friends is a tax on age! Ninon de L'Enclos friends age loss 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 wrinkles feet giving Wit is a dangerous talent in friendship. Ninon de L'Enclos wit dangerous talent Equality is the share of every one at their advent upon earth, and equality is also theirs when placed beneath it. Ninon de L'Enclos advent equality earth Memory is ever active, ever true. Alas, if it were only as easy to forget! Ninon de L'Enclos easy forget memories Old age is women's hell. Ninon de L'Enclos old-age hell age 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 victory struggle action want The ideal has many names, and beauty is but one of them. Ninon de L'Enclos them ideal names beauty
