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Love is rather the god of sensation than of sensibility.

— Ninon de L'Enclos Attributed A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)

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A sensible woman never should fall in love without her heart's consent, nor marry without that of her reason.

Que l'on était bien à plaindre quand on avait besoin du secours de la religion pour se conduire , et que c'était la marque d'un esprit bien borné, ou d'un cœur bien corrompu.

Le beau billet qu'a La Châtre!

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And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.

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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.

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Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.

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Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.

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