That military manner is repugnant to gentleness and morals, and lacks that decency which constitutes the charm in things even remote from virtue. But let the reasonable woman soften the clouds a trifle, there will always remain precisely what is necessary to hold a lover.
Ninon de LenclosLife, Letters, and Epicurean Philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos / The Celebrated Beauty of the Seventeenth Century