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A cunning woman is her own mistress because she confides in no one. She who deceives others anticipates deceit, and guards herself. - [Deceit] A woman is more influenced by what she divines than by what she is told. - [Influence] Alas, for the treachery of opportunity! - [Opportunity] Awkwardness in full dress. - [Bashfulness] Ennui, the parent of expensive and ruinous vices. - [Ennui] Equality is the share of every one at their advent upon earth, and equality is also theirs when placed beneath it. - [Equality] Firmness is great; persistency is greater. - [Firmness] Friendship should be in the singular; it can be no more plural than love. - [Friendship] Gentleness! more powerful than Hercules. - [Gentleness] Glances are the first billets-doux of love. - [Eyes] Gossip, like ennui, is born of idleness. - [Gossip] Hatred is nearly always honest--rarely, if ever, assumed. So much cannot be said for love. - [Hatred] Inconstancy is the child of satiety. - [Inconstancy] Indiscretion and wickedness, be it known, are first cousins. - [Indiscretion] Love never dies of starvation, but often of indigestion. - [Love] Memory is ever active, ever true. Alas, if it were only as easy to forget! - [Memory] Novelty is the storehouse of pleasure. - [Novelty] Oaths are the counterfeit money with which we pay the sacrifice of love. - [Oaths] That which is striking and beautiful is not always good but that which is good is always beautiful. - [Beauty] The blossom of love. - [Kisses] The less heart, the more comfort. - [Heart] The passions do not die out; they burn out. - [Passion] The secret known to two is no longer a secret. - [Secrecy] There are no perfect women in the world; only hypocrites exhibit no defects. - [Perfection] 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." - [Attractiveness] Displaying page 1 of 2 for this author: Next >> [1] 2
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