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Quotes On Flirtation
By peace | May 14, 2006
When you see a woman who can go nowhere without a staff of admirers, it is not so much because they think she is beautiful, it is because she has told them they are handsome. Jean Giraudoux
No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes that she were not. ~ H.L. Mencken
The pretty fellows you speak of, I own entertain me sometimes, but is it impossible to be diverted with what one despises? I can laugh at a puppet show, at the same time I know there is nothing in it worth my attention or regard. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Venus favors the bold. ~ Ovid
Why does a man take it for granted that a girl who flirts with him wants him to kiss her–when, nine times out of ten, she only wants him to want to kiss her? ~ Helen Rowland
Whoever loves above all the approach of love will never know the joy of attaining it. ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery
To avoid mistakes and regrets, always consult your wife before engaging in a flirtation. ~ E.W. Howe
If you’re a gifted flirt, talking about the price of eggs will do as well as any other subject. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic’s Notebook, 1960
Flirtation: attention without intention. ~Max O’Rell, John Bull and His Island
Women flirt to keep their stock high, men to get somewhere. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic’s Notebook, 1960
The greatest miracle of love is the cure of coquetry. ~François Duc de la Rochefoucauld, Maxims
Why does a man take it for granted that a girl who flirts with him wants him to kiss her - when, nine times out of ten, she only wants him to want to kiss her? ~Helen Rowland
Women know not the whole of their coquetry. ~François Duc de la Rochefoucauld, Maxims
Beauty is power; a smile is its sword. ~Charles Reade
The coquets of both sexes are self-lovers, and that is a love no other whatever can dispossess. ~John Gay, The Beggar’s Opera
Coquetry is the essential characteristic, and the prevalent humor of women; but they do not all practice it, because the coquetry of some is restrained by fear or by reason. ~François Duc de la Rochefoucauld, Maxims
Coquetry whets the appetite; flirtation depraves it. Coquetry is the thorn that guards the rose - easily trimmed off when once plucked. Flirtation is like the slime on water-plants, making them hard to handle, and when caught, only to be cherished in slimy waters. ~Ik Marvel
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