Helen Rowland
Helen Rowland
Helen Rowlandwas an American journalist and humorist. For many years she wrote a column in the New York World newspaper called Reflections of a Bachelor Girl. Many of her pithy insights from these columns were published in book form, including Reflections of a Bachelor Girl, The Rubáiyát of a Bachelor, and A Guide to Men...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
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To a woman the first kiss is just the end of the beginning, but to a man it is the beginning of the end.
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The hardest task in a girl's life is to prove to a man that his intentions are serious.
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What a man calls his ''conscience'' is merely the mental action that follows a sentimental reaction after too much wine or love.
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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
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Call the bald man, ''Boy;'' make the sage thy toy; greet the youth with solemn face; praise the fat man for his grace.
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Before marriage, a man will lay down his life for you; after marriage he won't even lay down his newspaper.
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Before marriage, a man will go home and lie awake all night thinking about something you said; after marriage, he'll go to sleep before you finish saying it.
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A bachelor has to have inspiration for making love to a woman, a married man needs only an excuse
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The follies which a man regrets most in his life, are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity.
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A good woman is known by what she does; a good man by what he doesn't.
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Marriage is a bargain, and somebody has to get the worst of the bargain.
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Who seeks to please all men each way, and not himself offend, he may begin his work today, but God knows where he'll end
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Somehow a bachelor never quite gets over the idea that he is a thing of beauty and a boy forever.
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It takes a woman twenty years to make a man of her son, and another woman twenty minutes to make a fool of him.