Women know not the whole of th...

Women know not the whole of their coquetry.

~François Duc de la Rochefoucauld, Maxims~

Women flirt to keep their stoc...

Women flirt to keep their stock high, men to get somewhere.

~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960~

Why does a man take it for gra...

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?

~Helen Rowland~

Whoever loves above all the ap...

Whoever loves above all the approach of love will never know the joy of attaining it.

~Antoine de Saint-Exupery~

When a flirt fishes for a man,...

When a flirt fishes for a man, she fishes merely for the sport.

~Source Unknown~

We have progressively improved...

We have progressively improved into a less spiritual species of tenderness -- but the seal is not yet fixed though the wax is preparing for the impression.

~Lord Byron~

To avoid mistakes and regrets,...

To avoid mistakes and regrets, always consult your wife before engaging in a flirtation.

~E.W. Howe~

There are few things that we s...

There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as the supposition that we still have the power of ingratiating ourselves with the fair sex.

~Samuel Johnson~

The pretty fellows you speak o...

The pretty fellows you speak of, I own entertain me sometimes, but is it impossible to be diverted with what one despises? I can laugh at a puppet show, at the same time I know there is nothing in it worth my attention or regard.

~Lady Mary Wortley Montagu~

The coquets of both sexes are ...

The coquets of both sexes are self-lovers, and that is a love no other whatever can dispossess.

~John Gay, The Beggar's Opera~

The amount of women in London ...

The amount of women in London who flirt with their own husbands is perfectly scandalous. It looks so bad. It is simply washing one's clean linen in public.

~Oscar Wilde~

She learned to say things with...

She learned to say things with her eyes that others waste time putting into words

~Corey Ford~

No matter how happily a woman ...

No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes she were not.

~H. L. Mencken~

No matter how happily a woman ...

No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes she were not.

~H. L. Mencken~

If you're a gifted flirt, talk...

If you're a gifted flirt, talking about the price of eggs will do as well as any other subject.

~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960~

God created the flirt as soon ...

God created the flirt as soon as he made the fool.

~Victor Hugo~

Flirtation: attention without...

Flirtation: attention without intention.

~Max O'Rell, John Bull and His Island~

Coquetry whets the appetite; f...

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.

~Ik Marvel~

Coquetry is the essential char...

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.

~François Duc de la Rochefoucauld, Maxims~

All women are flirts, but some...

All women are flirts, but some are restrained by shyness, and others by sense.

~Francois De La Rochefoucauld~