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A good woman is known by what she does a good man by what he doesn't.

Helen Rowland

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Helen Rowland
Age: 74 †
Born: 1875
Born: January 1
Died: 1950
Died: January 1
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A bride at her second marriage does not wear a veil. She wants to see what she is getting.
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And verily, a woman need know but one man well, in order to understand all men whereas a man may know all women and understand not one of them.
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There's so much saint in the worst of them, and so much devil in the best of them, that a woman who's married to one of them, has nothing to learn of the rest of them.
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The tenderest spot in a man's make-up is sometimes the bald spot on top of his head.
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A man never knows how to say goodbye a woman never knows when to say it.
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Wedding: the point at which a man stops toasting a woman and begins roasting her.
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A Bachelor of Arts is one who makes love to a lot of women, and yet has the art to remain a bachelor.
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A bachelor has to have an inspiration for making love to a woman--a married man needs only an excuse.
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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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To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.
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the mistakes you regret the most in your life are the ones you didn't commit when you had the chance
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