The Romance of the Commonplace
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“A good woman would rather be the mother of a genius than the wife of a hero”
“Maxims are like lawyers who must need to see but one side of the case.”
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“It was Matisse who took the first step into the undiscovered land of the ugly.”
“Tell not thy previous loves to a woman, lest she also telleth thee hers.”
“No man knoweth how another man maketh his love, for women tell not.”
“Woo her not till thou hast seen her mother, for a score of years worketh wonders.”
“A reproof entereth more into a woman of sense than an hundred compliments into a fool.”
“Men like to pursue an elusive woman like a cake of wet soap - even men who hate baths.”
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“To appreciate nonsense requires a serious interest in life.”
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“Thinking a smile all the time will keep your face youthful.”
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“Her heart is older than her head; yea, her emotion is the mother of her reason”
“Most women have all other women as adversaries; most men have all other men as their allies.”
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