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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.
Compromise: An amiable arrangement between husband and wife whereby they agree to let her have her own way.
Compromise: An amiable arrangement between husband and wife whereby they agree to let her have her own way.
Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame read more
Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame for anything.
Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be read more
I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me.
Parents: persons who spend half their time worrying how a child will turn out, and the rest of the time read more
Parents: persons who spend half their time worrying how a child will turn out, and the rest of the time wondering when a child will turn in.
The best way to hold a man is in your arms.
The best way to hold a man is in your arms.
As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may make a fool seem a read more
As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.
A foolish man tells a woman to stop talking, but a wise man tells her that her mouth is extremely read more
A foolish man tells a woman to stop talking, but a wise man tells her that her mouth is extremely beautiful when her lips are closed
