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Women, as they grow older, rely more and more on cosmetics. Men, as they grow older, rely more and more on a sense of humor.
George Jean Nathan
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George Jean Nathan
Age: 76 †
Born: 1882
Born: February 14
Died: 1958
Died: April 8
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The most loyal and faithful woman indulges her imagination in a hypothetical liaison whenever she dons a new street frock for the first time.
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An abstainer is the sort of man you wouldn't want to drink with even if he did.
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It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid.
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It is also said of me that I now and then contradict myself. Yes, I improve wonderfully as time goes on.
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Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.
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