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Govern a family as you would cook a small fish - very gently.
Govern a family as you would cook a small fish - very gently.
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.
Husbands are like fires. They go out if unattended.
Husbands are like fires. They go out if unattended.
Talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you, and at read more
Talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you, and at the end of your first season you will have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact
The only thing worse than a man you can't control is a man you can.
The only thing worse than a man you can't control is a man you can.
Men are like a deck of cards. You'll find the occasional king, but most are jacks.
Men are like a deck of cards. You'll find the occasional king, but most are jacks.
Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside desperate to get read more
Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside desperate to get out.
He knows little, who will tell his wife all he knows.
He knows little, who will tell his wife all he knows.
It seems as though women keep growing. Eventually they can have little or nothing in common with the men they read more
It seems as though women keep growing. Eventually they can have little or nothing in common with the men they chose long ago.
