Feminine Wiles Quotes

Dissimulation is innate in woman, and almost as much a quality of the stupid as of the clever.

Women can less easily surmount their coquetry than their passions.

A naked woman is less dangerous than one who spreads her skirt skillfully to cover and exhibit everything at once.

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.

Nothing pleases a woman quite so well as to look so sweet that a man wants to kiss her, and then abuse him for his impudence.

'T is woman that seduces all mankind; By her we first were taught the wheedling arts.

In the School of Coquettes Madam Rose is a scholar,-O, they fish with all nets In the School of Coquettes! When her brooch she forgets 'Tis to show her new collar; In the School of Coquettes Madam Rose is a scholar!

ARTLESSNESS, n. A certain engaging quality to which women attain by long study and severe practice upon the admiring male, who is pleased to fancy it resembles the candid simplicity of his young.

The most effective coquetry is innocence.

Women do not know all their powers of flirtation.

A woman of the world is anxious to exhibit her form and shape, whether walking, standing, sitting, or sleeping. Even when represented as a picture, she desires to captivate with the charms of her beauty and, thus, to rob men of their steadfast heart.

My only books were woman's looks, and folly's all they've taught me.

I love being a woman. I love the sexiness we get to exude. But the best thing about being a woman is the power we have over men.

Never was it given to mortal man - To lie so boldly as we women can.

My mother was a professional beauty. She played the vamp for all it was worth.

A modern writer likens coquettes to those hunters who do not eat the game which they have successfully pursued.

There's a mercurial nature, but more of a mysterious nature to women that I think is what makes them so attractive. And I think that that's what I love: Guys never seem to know when they've come too close and crossed the line, and then the temper comes.

An accomplished coquette excites the passions of others, in proportion as she feels none herself.

Any woman may act the part of a coquette successfully who has the reputation without the scruples of modesty. If a woman passes the bounds of propriety for our sakes, and throws herself unblushingly at our heads, we conclude it is either from a sudden and violent liking, or from extraordinary merit on our parts, either of which is enough to turn any man's head who has a single spark of gallantry or vanity in his composition.

When you get a little older, you'll see how easy it is to become lured by the female of the species.

Never had he found himself so close to those terrible weapons of feminine artillery.

I love to tease men with my legs.

God created Adam master and lord of living creatures, but Eve spoilt all, when she persuaded him to set himself above God's will. 'Tis you women, with your tricks and artifices, that lead men into error.

It's interesting to play a female character who's not ever using feminine wiles to get things done.

Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.