“It takes a hundred times more skill to make love than to command an army.”
Ninon de Lenclos
Life, Letters, and Epicurean Philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
Similar quotes
“In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance.”
Joseph Stalin
“For most women, being seen, having others pay attention to you, is imagined and experienced as more desirable and more powerful than commanding an army or seizing control of the means of production and reproduction.”
Phyllis Chesler
Woman's Inhumanity to Woman
“I'm a gambler, a farmboy, and I'm here to take command of your bloody army!--Mat Cauthon”
Robert Jordan
The Fires of Heaven
“The 'commandment' of love is only possible because it is more than a requirement. Love can be 'commanded' because it has first been given.”
Pope Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger)
God is Love: Deus Caritas Est
“In the world of love, it takes more than love to make someone happy”
Fuyumi Soryo (惣領 冬実)