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Helen Rowland: The honeymoon is...

Helen Rowland: The honeymoon is...

The honeymoon is not actually over until we cease to stifle our sighs and begin to stifle our...

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Helen Rowland: The tenderest spot...

Helen Rowland: The tenderest spot...

The tenderest spot in a man's make-up is sometimes the bald spot on top of his head.

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Dorothy Parker: Men seldom make...

Dorothy Parker: Men seldom make...

Men seldom make passes
At girls who wear glasses.


Source: News Item, Enough...

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Dorothy Parker: Where's the man...

Dorothy Parker: Where's the man...

Where's the man could ease a heart,
Like a satin gown?


Source: The Satin Dress,...

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Maya Angelou: My life has...

Maya Angelou: My life has...

My life has been one great big joke,
A dance that's walked
A song that's spoke,
I laugh so hard I almost...

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Susan Sontag: Although none of...

Susan Sontag: Although none of...

Although none of the rules for becoming more alive is valid, it is healthy to keep on formulating...

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Susan B Anthony: Sooner or later...

Susan B Anthony: Sooner or later...

Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the...

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Susan B Anthony: Failure is impossible....

Susan B Anthony: Failure is impossible....

Failure is impossible.

Source: In Is Woman Suffrage Progressing?, by Carrie Chapman...

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Mary Wortley Montagu: No entertainment is...

Mary Wortley Montagu: No entertainment is...

No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. She will not want new fashions nor regret the...

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Jane Austen: Happiness in marriage...

Jane Austen: Happiness in marriage...

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

Source: Pride & Prejudice/...

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Helen Hunt Jackson: Oh, write of...

Helen Hunt Jackson: Oh, write of...

Oh, write of me, not Died in bitter pains,
But Emigrated to another star!


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Helen Hunt Jackson: Words are less...

Helen Hunt Jackson: Words are less...

Words are less needful to sorrow than to joy.

Source: Ramona, 1884.
-- Helen...

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Rita Mae Brown: You sell a...

Rita Mae Brown: You sell a...

You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it.

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Rita Mae Brown: Humor comes from...

Rita Mae Brown: Humor comes from...

Humor comes from self-confidence. There's an aggressive element to wit.

Source:...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: Women are the...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: Women are the...

Women are the real architects of society.

Source: In Atlantic Monthly, 1864.
--...

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Mary Wortley Montagu: No modest man...

Mary Wortley Montagu: No modest man...

No modest man ever did or ever will make a fortune.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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George Eliot: Ignorance. . ....

George Eliot: Ignorance. . ....

Ignorance. . . is a painless evil; so, I should think, is dirt, considering the merry faces that go along with...

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George Eliot: Gossip is a...

George Eliot: Gossip is a...

Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who diffuse it: it proves nothing but the...

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George Eliot: Friendships begin with...

George Eliot: Friendships begin with...

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude roots that can be pulled up.

Source: In...

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George Eliot: Hatred is like...

George Eliot: Hatred is like...

Hatred is like fire; it makes even light rubbish deadly.

Source: In Webster's...

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