When a bachelor of philosophy from the Antilles refuses to apply for certification as a teacher on the grounds of his color I say that philosophy has never saved anyone. When someone else strives and strains to prove to me that black men are as intelligent as white men I say that intelligence has never saved anyone: and that is true, for, if philosophy and intelligence are invoked to proclaim the equality of men, they have also been employed to justify the extermination of men.
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A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him.
A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him.
A woman who pretends to laugh at love is like a child who sings at night when he is afraid
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Marriage is like a hot bath. Once you get used to it, it's not so hot.
Marriage is like a hot bath. Once you get used to it, it's not so hot.
Every woman is wrong until she cries, and then she is right, instantly
Every woman is wrong until she cries, and then she is right, instantly
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There must be some reason why a man must be convinced, while a woman must be persuaded.
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Women marry men hoping they will change. Men marry women hoping they will not. So each is inevitably disappointed.
