A Quote by Louise Colet

Flirtation and coquetry are so nearly allied as to be identical; both are the art of successful and pleasing deception.

Louise Colet

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Louise Colet
French - Poet
August 15, 1810 - March 9, 1876

Coquetry is the art of successful deception.

Louise Colet

Coquetry whets the appetite; flirtation depraves it. Coquetry is the thorn that guards the rose - easily trimmed off when once plucked. Flirtation is like the slime on water-plants, making them hard to handle, and when caught, only to be cherished in slimy waters.

Donald Grant Mitchell

The art of pleasing is the art of deception.

Luc de Clapiers

Sheer necessity,-the proper parent of an art so nearly allied to invention.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune; but the art of being bored is infinitely more successful.

Nicolas Chamfort

Coquetry is the essential characteristic, and the prevalent humor of women; but they do not all practice it, because the coquetry of some is restrained by fear or by reason.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Misery and shame are nearly allied.

Samuel Johnson

The sentiment of fear is nearly allied to that of hatred.

Edward Gibbon

Art is a deception that creates real emotions - a lie that creates a truth. And when you give yourself over to that deception, it becomes magic.

Marco Tempest

Art is the most beautiful deception of all. And although people try to incorporate the everyday events of life in it, we must hope that it will remain a deception lest it become a utilitarian thing, sad as a factory.

Claude Debussy

Art is the most beautiful deception of all! And although people try to incorporate the everyday events of life in it, we must hope that it will remain a deception lest it become a utilitarian thing, sad as a factory.

Claude Debussy

None the less, perhaps, the highest pleasure in art is identical with the highest pleasure inscientific theory. The emotion which accompanies the clear recognition of unity in a complex seems to be so similar in art and in science that it is difficult not to suppose that they are psychologically the same. It is, as it were, the final stage of both processes.

Roger Fry

Flirtation is something that should be practiced very regularly. Flirtation is like taking a nice walk. You do it as a form of exercise, but it also contributes most highly to your well-being.

Julie Newmar

I believe that friendship, like love, of which it is a particular kind, requires nearly as much art as a successful choreography.

Marguerite Yourcenar

Successful men are influenced by the desire for pleasing results. Failures are influenced by the desire for pleasing methods and are inclined to be satisfied with such results as can be obtained by doing things they like to do. The common denominator of success - the secret of every man who has ever been successful - lies in the fact that he formed the habit of doing things that failures don't like to do.