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Ninon de Lenclos: The resistance of...

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The resistance of a woman is not always proof of her virtue but more frequently of her experience.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection, AApex Software, 1994.
-- Ninon de Lenclos, (Nov 10 1620-1705), French society figure, courtesan; Her beauty and wit attracted famous men of the day; wrote La Coquette Vengee, 1659.


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