Courtesans Quotes - Page 2

• If they are ignorant, they are despised, if learned, mocked. In love they are reduced to the status of courtesans. As wives they are treated more as servants than as companions. Men do not love them: they make use of them, they exploit them, and expect, in that way, to make them subject to the law of fidelity.

  George Sand

  Love, Men, Law

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• Her delight in the smallest things was like that of a child. There were days when she ran in the garden, like a child of ten, after a butterfly or a dragon-fly. This courtesan who had cost more money in bouquets than would have kept a whole family in comfort, would sometimes sit on the grass for an hour, examining the simple flower whose name she bore.

  Alexandre Dumas-fils

  Children, Flower, Butterfly

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• She had the underwear of a thirteen-year-old, as well, he thought. He glanced back at her. But the shoes of a courtesan.

  Anne Stuart

  Years, Shoes, Underwear

  Jennifer Crusie, Eileen Dreyer, Anne Stuart (2007). “The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes”, p.98, Macmillan

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• It took me some years to clear my head of what Paris wanted me to admire about it, and to notice what I preferred instead. Not power-ridden monuments, but individual buildings which tell a quieter story: the artist's studio, or the Belle Epoque house built by a forgotten financier for a just-remembered courtesan.

  Julian Barnes

  Artist, Years, Paris

  "A vineyard in Montmartre: just one of the hidden pleasures of Paris" by Julian Barnes, www.theguardian.com. March 26, 2011.

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• One of my big inspirations was Céleste Mogador. She was a courtesan who wrote her memoirs in order to pay off her debts, which is a hilarious gesture.

  Alexander Chee

  Inspiration, Order, Debt

  Source: therumpus.net

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• If I had to fall from Cassiel's grace, at least I know it took a courtesan worthy of Kings to do it.

  Jacqueline Carey

  Kings, Fall, Grace

  Jacqueline Carey (2002). “Kushiel's Dart”, p.513, Macmillan

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• For most practical purposes Tarbean had two pieces: Waterside and Hillside. Waterside is where people are poor. That makes them beggars, thieves, and whores. Hillside is where people are rich. That makes them solicitors, politicians, and courtesans.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Two, People, Thieves

  Patrick Rothfuss (2010). “The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chonicle:”, p.127, Hachette UK

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• How is it that one woman is…enough…for three men?” “I don’t know.” “She must be a very talented courtesan.” “Callie.” “Well, that was what she was. Wasn’t it?” “Yes.” “How very fascinating!” She smiled brightly. “I’ve never met a courtesan, you know.” “I could have surmised as such.” “She looked just as I imagined they did! Well, she was rather prettier.” Ralston’s eyes darted around the room as though he was looking for the quickest escape route. “Callie. Wouldn’t you rather gamble than talk about courtesans?

  Sarah MacLean

  Eye, Men, Three

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• Mother went out again tonight, looking like a courtesan.

  John Kennedy Toole

  Mother, Tonight

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• With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of a courtesan; it may be so, but I have the heart of a King. I live free, I enjoy myself, I can call myself happy.

  Pietro Aretino

  Kings, Heart, Son

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• Glory is sometimes a low courtesan who on the road entices many who did not think of her. They are astonished to obtain favors without having done anything to deserve them.

  Michel, 14th Prince of Ligne

  Thinking, Done, Favors

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• A fat lot of good it would do if I told you that Titian's courtesans make you want to caress them. Some day you'll see the Titians for yourself, and if they have no effect on you, then you don't understand the first thing about painting. And I wouldn't be able to help you.

  Pierre-Auguste Renoir

  Understanding, Able, Firsts

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• We have retained the forms and phrases of a republic, but in reality we are living under an oligarchy, not of courtesan, but of bureaucrats.

  Frank Chodorov

  Reality, Political, Phrases

  Frank Chodorov (2007). “Income Tax: Root of All Evil”, p.47, Ludwig von Mises Institute

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• The demi-monde does not represent the crowd of courtesans, but the class of declassed women It is divided from that of honest women by public scandal, and divided from that of the courtesans by money.

  Marlene Dumas

  Class, Crowds, Scandal

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