André Maurois (1885–1967) French writer
Un Art de Vivre (The Art of Living) (1939), The Art of Friendship
Rien n'est plus capable d'inspirer du courage à une femme que l'intrépidité d'un homme qu'elle aime.
Part 2, p. 227; translation p. 132.
L'Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut (1731)
André Maurois (1885–1967) French writer
Un Art de Vivre (The Art of Living) (1939), The Art of Friendship
“Nothing moves a woman so deeply as the boyhood of the man she loves.”
Annie Dillard (1945) American writer
Sherry Argov (1977) American writer
Source: Why Men Marry Bitches: A Woman's Guide to Winning Her Man's Heart
“Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear.”
Umberto Eco book The Name of the Rose
Variant: Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear.”" -
Source: The Name of the Rose
“Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful.”
Sophia Loren (1934) Italian actress
As quoted in The Subtlety of Emotions (2001) by Aaron Ben-Ze'ev, p. 204.
Vanna Bonta (1958–2014) Italian-American writer, poet, inventor, actress, voice artist (1958-2014)
Space: What love's got to do with it - The Space Review (2004)
Cesare Pavese (1908–1950) Italian poet, novelist, literary critic, and translator
The winter of '41-'42
This Business of Living (1935-1950)