When our desires are fulfilled, we never fail to realize the wealth of imagination and the paucity of reality. Ninon de L'Enclos More Quotes by Ninon de L'Enclos More Quotes From Ninon de L'Enclos A man is given the choice between loving women and understanding them Ninon de L'Enclos understandingchoicesmen Love without desire is a delusion: it does not exist in nature. Ninon de L'Enclos delusiondoedesire A cunning woman is her own mistress because she confides in no one. She who deceives others anticipates deceit, and guards herself. Ninon de L'Enclos mistressdeceitdeceiving Shall I tell you what makes love so dangerous? 'Tis the too high idea we are apt to form of it. Ninon de L'Enclos making-loveformideas Who has not raised a tombstone, here and there, over buried hopes and dead joys, on the road of life? Like the scars of the heart, they are not to be obliterated. Ninon de L'Enclos tombstoneheartjoy Firmness is great; persistency is greater. Ninon de L'Enclos greaterfirmness One must choose between loving women and knowing them. Ninon de L'Enclos loving-a-womanknowing Inconstancy is the child of satiety. Ninon de L'Enclos inconstancysatietychildren What is death, after all? We leave only mortals behind us. Ninon de L'Enclos behindsmortalsdeath The passions do not die out; they burn out. Ninon de L'Enclos burn-outdiespassion I have always sworn to my lovers to love them eternally, but for me eternity is a quarter of an hour. Ninon de L'Enclos infidelityloverseternity It takes a hundred times more skill to make love than to command an army. Ninon de L'Enclos making-lovearmyskills A sensible woman should be guided by her head when taking a husband, and by her heart when taking a lover. Ninon de L'Enclos alaskahusbandheart The less heart, the more comfort. Ninon de L'Enclos comfortheart Indiscretion and wickedness, be it known, are first cousins. Ninon de L'Enclos wickednesscousinfirsts After the age of eighty, all contemporaries are friends. Ninon de L'Enclos eightyage The secret known to two is no longer a secret. Ninon de L'Enclos secrecysecrettwo The more sins you confess, the more books you will sell. Ninon de L'Enclos sellssinbook Soft moonlight and tender love harmonize together wonderfully. Ninon de L'Enclos moonlightromantic-lovetogether There is always a moment in the pyramid of our lives when the apex is reached. Ninon de L'Enclos crisismomentspyramids
