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Helen Rowland Quotes


Every man wants a woman to appeal to his better side, his nobler instincts, and his higher nature - and another woman to help him forget them.

Falling in love consists merely in uncorking the imagination and bottling the common sense.

Flirting is the gentle art of making a man feel pleased with himself.

France may claim the happiest marriages in the world, but the happiest divorces in the world are "made in America."

Home is any four walls that enclose the right person.

In love, somehow, a man's heart is always either exceeding the speed limit, or getting parked in the wrong place.

In olden times sacrifices were made at the altar - a practice which is still continued.

It is easier to keep half a dozen lovers guessing than to keep one lover after he has stopped guessing.

It isn't tying himself to one woman that a man dreads when he thinks of marrying; it's separating himself from all the others.

It takes a woman twenty years to make a man of her son, and another woman twenty minutes to make a fool of him.

It takes one woman twenty years to make a man of her son - and another woman twenty minutes to make a fool of him.

Jealousy is the tie that binds, and binds, and binds.

Life begins at 40 - but so do fallen arches, rheumatism, faulty eyesight, and the tendency to tell a story to the same person, three or four times.

Love, like a chicken salad or restaurant hash, must be taken with blind faith or it loses its flavor.

Love, the quest; marriage, the conquest; divorce, the inquest.

Marriage is like twirling a baton, turning hand springs or eating with chopsticks. It looks easy until you try it.

Marriage is the miracle that transforms a kiss from a pleasure into a duty.

Never trust a husband too far, nor a bachelor too near.

No man can understand why a woman shouldn't prefer a good reputation to a good time.

Nowadays love is a matter of chance, matrimony a matter of money and divorce a matter of course.