1.
Illusion is the dust the devil throws in the eyes of the foolish.
Minna Antrim
2.
A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul.
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3.
Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.
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4.
The very women who object to the morals of a notoriously beautiful actress, grow big with pride when an admirer suggests their marked resemblance to this stage beauty in physique.
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5.
Intuition is truly a feminine quality, but women should not mistake rash conclusions for this gift.
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6.
Man proposes, woman forecloses.
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7.
Pretty women and rich men are rarely wrong.
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8.
We women take love too seriously. Men wish to be loved with laughter, not with sighing. So laugh, sweetheart, laugh, or soon you may be weeping.
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9.
Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.
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10.
The drama of life begins with a wail and ends with a sigh.
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11.
The Green-eyed Monster causes much woe, but the absence of this ugly serpent argues the presence of a corpse whose name is Eros.
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12.
Enthusiasms, like stimulants, are often affected by people with small mental ballast
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13.
That one woman is capable of loving another is an historical truth; but never yet lived one who could not listen to her own praises at the expense of her adored friend.
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14.
To be loved is to be fortunate, but to be hated is to achieve distinction.
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15.
Satiety is a mongrel that barks at the heels of plenty.
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16.
When a woman is very, very bad, she is awful, but when a man is correspondingly good, he is weird.
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17.
Brew me a cup for a winter's night.
For the wind howls loud and the furies fight;
Spice it with love and stir it with care,
And I'll toast our bright eyes,
my sweetheart fair.
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18.
There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter were unflattering.
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19.
An epigram is a flashlight of a truth; a witticism, truth laughing at itself.
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20.
A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward.
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21.
Matrimonially speaking, a bridle for the tongue is better than a rein for the heart.
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22.
A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.
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23.
The difference between a saint and a hypocrite is that one lies for his religion, the other by it.
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24.
It takes more than a wise man to keep track of a foolish woman.
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25.
Some men act upon women like champagne; when they appear the women are sparkling and full of brilliance; when they leave the fair ones grow flat, stale, and most unprofitable companions.
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26.
Every man has two personalities; the one he reveals to women, the other to men.
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27.
To know one's self is wisdom, but to know one's neighbor is genius.
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28.
To laughter! The bright coinage of the bank of good will.
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29.
Smiles are the soul's kisses.
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30.
Man forgives woman anything save the wit to outwit him.
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31.
To money, the finest linguist in the world!
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32.
The bride and groom-May their joys be as bright as the morning, and their sorrows but shadows that fade in the sunlight of love.
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