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Women know not the whole of their coquetry. (Quote by - Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld)

An accomplished coquette excites the passions of others, in proportion as she feels none herself. (Quote by - William Hazlitt (1))

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!(Quote by - Henry Austin Dobson, Rose-Leaves--Circe)

Flirtation: attention without intention. (Quote by - Max O'Rell)

Light or dark, or short or tall, She sets a springe to snare them all: All's one to her--above her fan She'd make sweet eyes at Caliban. (Quote by - Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Quatrains--Coquette)

The characteristic of coquettes is affectation governed by whim. (Quote by - Henry Fielding)

The greatest miracle of love is the cure of coquetry. (Quote by - Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld)

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. (Quote by - Ik Marvel)

Beauty is power; a smile is its sword. (Quote by - Charles Reade)

A coquette is a young lady of more beauty than sense, more accomplishments than learning, more charms not person than graces of mind, more admirers than friends, mole fools than wise men for attendants. (Quote by - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

Why does a man take it for granted that a girl who flirts with him wants him to kiss her - when, nine times out of ten, she only wants him to want to kiss her? (Quote by - Helen Rowland)

This is a place full of seduction and coquetry, rich in eroticism. (Quote by - Catherine Deneuve)

Coquetry is the essential characteristic, and the prevalent humor of women; but they do not all practise it, because the coquetry of some is restrained by fear or by reason. (Quote by - Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld)

Like a lovely tree She grew to womanhood, and between whiles Rejected several suitors, just to learn How to accept a better in his turn. (Quote by - Lord Byron)

Women flirt to keep their stock high, men to get somewhere. (Quote by - Mignon McLaughlin)

If you're a gifted flirt, talking about the price of eggs will do as well as any other subject. (Quote by - Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960)

A coquette is like a recruiting sergeant, always on the lookout for fresh victims. (Quote by - Douglas William Jerrold)

It is a species of coquetry to make a parade of never practising it. (Quote by - Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld)

To avoid mistakes and regrets, always consult your wife before engaging in a flirtation. (Quote by - E.W. Howe)

There is one antidote only for coquetry, and that is true love. (Quote by - Madame Dorothee Deluzy)

Such is your cold coquette, who can't say "No," And won't say "Yes," and keeps you on and off-ing On a lee-shore, till it begins to blow, Then sees your heart wreck'd, with an inward scoffing. (Quote by - Lord Byron)

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