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If you want to know about a man you can find out an awful lot by looking at who he married.
When a bachelor of philosophy from the Antilles refuses to apply for certification as a teacher on the grounds of read more
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.
Every mother generally hopes that her daughter will snag a better husband than she managed to do...but she's certain that read more
Every mother generally hopes that her daughter will snag a better husband than she managed to do...but she's certain that her boy will never get as great a wife as his father did.
A single man has not nearly the value he would have in a state of union. He is an incomplete read more
A single man has not nearly the value he would have in a state of union. He is an incomplete animal. He resembles the odd half of a pair of scissors.
I require three things in a man: He must be handsome, ruthless, and stupid.
I require three things in a man: He must be handsome, ruthless, and stupid.
A husband is what's left of the lover after the nerve has been extracted.
A husband is what's left of the lover after the nerve has been extracted.
A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry is to a woman.
A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry is to a woman.
Having children makes you no more a parent than having a piano makes you a pianist.
Having children makes you no more a parent than having a piano makes you a pianist.
We say that a girl with her doll anticipates the mother. It is more true, perhaps, that most mothers are read more
We say that a girl with her doll anticipates the mother. It is more true, perhaps, that most mothers are still but children with playthings.