Intrigue Quotes. C.N. Douglas, comp. 1917. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical

C.N. Douglas, comp. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical. 1917.

Intrigue


Intrigue is a court distemper. Mme. Deluzy.	1
Every woman is at heart a rake. Pope.	2
As love increases, prudence diminishes. La Rochefoucauld.	3
Audacity as against modesty will win the battle over most men. Mme. Deluzy.	4
There are many women who never have had one intrigue; but there are few who have had only one. La Rochefoucauld.	5
There are many women who have never intrigued, and many men who have never gamed; but those who have done either but once are very extraordinary animals. Colton.	6
When women oppose themselves to the projects and ambition of men, they excite their lively resentment; if in their youth they meddle with political intrigues, their modesty must suffer. Mme. de Staël.	7
If often happens too, both in courts and in cabinets, that there are two things going on together,—a main plot and an under-plot; and he that understands only one of them will, in all probability, be the dupe of both. A mistress may rule a monarch, but some obscure favorite may rule the mistress. Colton.	8