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When a man makes a woman his wife it's the highest compliment he can pay her – and usually it's the last.

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Helen Rowland
Age: 74 †
Born: 1875
Born: January 1
Died: 1950
Died: January 1
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When two people decide to get a divorce, it isn't a sign that they 'don't understand' one another, but a sign that they have, at last, begun to.
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Some women blush when they are kissed, some call for the police, some swear, some bite. But the worst are those who laugh.
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At twenty, a man feels awfully aged and blasé at thirty, almost senile at forty, not so old and at fifty, positively skittish.
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After marriage, a woman's sight becomes so keen that she can see right through her husband without looking at him, and a man's so dull that he can look right through his wife without seeing her.
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A widow is a fascinating being with the flavor of maturity, the spice of experience, the piquancy of novelty, the tang of practiced coquetry, and the halo of one man's approval.
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It is easier to keep half a dozen lovers guessing than to keep one lover after he has stopped guessing.
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A man seldom thinks of marrying when he meets his ideal woman he waits until he gets the marrying fever and then idealizes the first woman he happens to meet.
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To a man, marriage means giving up four out of five of the chiffonier drawers to a woman, giving up four out of five of her opinions.
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Marriage is a bargain, and somebody has to get the worst end of the bargain.
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Going through life without love is like going through a good dinner without an appetite -- everything seems so flat and tasteless.
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