Diane De Poitiers Quotes & Sayings

Old age appears hideous to us until we have to choose between it and death. — Diane De Poitiers

The years that a woman subtracts from her age are not lost. They are added to other women's. — Diane De Poitiers

It is only love that has already fallen sick that is killed by absence. — Diane De Poitiers

It is easier to win love than to keep it. — Diane De Poitiers

Men at any age truly never grow up. All, no matter what importance they may have attained, are still no more than little boys. — Diane De Poitiers

Calumny is like counterfeit money; many people who would not coin it circulate it without qualms. — Diane De Poitiers

Tact is good taste in action. — Diane De Poitiers

We only make a dupe of the friend whose advice we ask, for we never tell him all; and it is usually what we have left unsaid that decides our conduct. — Diane De Poitiers

Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, in the other everything to gain. — Diane De Poitiers

See well how it often befalls that to rise to the topmost degree would make it seem that the abyss is on high. — Diane De Poitiers

It is easier to die for a cause than to live for it. — Diane De Poitiers