# Quote — Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons Dangereuses

> Man enjoys the happiness he feels, woman the happiness she gives. This difference, so essential and yet so seldom noticed, has a marked difference on the whole of their respective behaviour. A man's pleasure is to satisfy desires, a woman's is chiefly to arouse them.

- Author: [Pierre Choderlos de Laclos](https://www.leafyquotes.com/pierre-choderlos-de-laclos.md)
- Book: [Les Liaisons Dangereuses](https://www.leafyquotes.com/pierre-choderlos-de-laclos/les-liaisons-dangereuses.md)
- Original (fr): L’homme jouit du bonheur qu’il ressent, et la femme de celui qu’elle procure. Cette différence, si essentielle et si peu remarquée, influe pourtant, d'une manière bien sensible, sur la totalité de leur conduite respective. Le plaisir de l’un est de satisfaire des désirs, celui de l’autre est surtout de les faire naître.
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/pierre-choderlos-de-laclos/les-liaisons-dangereuses/man-enjoys-the

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