Quotes by Courtesans

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

Ninon de l'Enclos

Love never dies of starvation but often of indigestion.

Ninon de l'Enclos

That which is striking and beautiful is not always good but that which is good is always beautiful.

Ninon de l'Enclos

I have never deceived anyone, for I have never belonged to anyone. My independence was all my wealth: I have known no other happiness.

Cora Pearl

Let those who love me follow me'Cora Pearl, on being the very first person to dye her hair red in 1864

Cora Pearl

The life is cruel death to me without you.

Veronica Franco

Men lose more conquests by their own awkwardness than by any virtue in the woman.

Ninon de l'Enclos

I have to admit that I'm up to my neck in frivolity, buried in dresses to the point of ruin! Fifteen different garments! My wardrobe jam-packed! My girl, this is not the way for an old woman to behave - particularly since you never wear anything but black and white, or a little grey, so that you always look as though you were in the same dress. Why fritter away your money so absurdly? (22 August 1919)

Liane de Pougy

So sweet and delicious do I become,when I am in bed with a manwho, I sense, loves and enjoys me,that the pleasure I bring excels all delight,so the knot of love, however tightit seemed before, is tied tighter still.

Veronica Franco