Gustave Flaubert Quotes

Beauty is worse than wine, it intoxicates both the holder and beholder.

You can seduce a man without taking anything off, without even touching him.

Beauty is the greatest seducer of man.

It's easy to convince men to love you, Puck. All you have to do is be a mountain they have to climb or a poem they don't understand.

The allurement that women hold out to men is precisely the allurement that Cape Hatteras holds out to sailors; they are enormously dangerous and hence enormously fascinating.

He is dangerous, he is beautiful, I could drown in his understanding.

You are my siren,” he said, running his hands along her thighs and down her calves, feeling the shape of her even as the silk of her gown kept them both from what they wanted. “My temptress . . . my sorceress . . . I cannot resist you, no matter how I try. You threaten to send me over the edge.

When a woman gets dressed up to go out at night, she wants to give 50% away, and hold the rest back. If you're an open book, there's no allure.

A hundred eyes were fixed on her, and half as many hearts lost to her.

I don't use my body to seduce, no. I just stand there.

O human beauty, what a dream art thou, that we should cast our life and hopes away on thee!

There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.

The reality is I meet a lot of actresses. They're wonderful, beautiful ladies. It's pretty hard to stay away from them. You know, there's worse problems to have.

There is no aphrodisiac like innocence.

If you find someone attractive, you try to make them find you attractive. That is called seduction. And seduction is a bit ugly. You could say it's a bit ugly to use your charisma.

I'm a sucker for any guy with an accent with any kind.

Seduction is always more singular and sublime than sex and it commands the higher price.

Woo means the ability to entice someone or something to get what you want. My first solo album was called: All the Woo of the Universe, which was titled by George Clinton.

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

Sexiness is in what you cover, not what you show. When you are covered, you leave a lot to people's imagination. People see the mystery in my eyes and find it sexy.

Maybe I am a bit of a siren.

I knew what was like to finally be seduced by the thing you hunted. Mine just happened to be a more traditional seduction. Okay, at least I was still among the living.

Everything that enchants may be said to deceive.

Christophe's smile was a marvel of edged sweetness. When he grinned like that he looked handsomer than ever, the hint of danger just about threatening to stop a girl's heart.

Glamour is translucent — not transparent, not opaque. It invites us into the world but it doesn’t give us a completely clear picture.