Quotes by Helen Rowland

Helen Rowland

Helen Rowland

American journalist

Lived from: 1875 - 1950

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  • A wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he says to her.
  • A bride at her second marriage does not wear a veil. She wants to see what she is getting.
  • Failing to be there when a man wants her is a woman's greatest sin, except to be there when he doesn't want her.
  • A husband is what is left of the lover after the nerve has been extracted.
  • What a man calls his ''conscience'' is merely the mental action that follows a sentimental reaction after too much wine or love.
  • When a man spends his time giving his wife criticism and advice instead of compliments, he forgets that it was not his good judgment, but his charming manners, that won her heart.
  • The hardest task of a girl's life, nowadays, is to prove to a man that his intentions are serious.
  • Some women can be fooled all of the time, and all women can be fooled some of the time, but the same woman can't be fooled by the same man in the same way more than half of the time.
  • No man can understand why a woman shouldn't prefer a good reputation to a good time.
  • When two people decide to get a divorce, it isn't a sign that they ''don't understand'' one another, but a sign that they have, at last, begun to.
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  • A wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he says to her.
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  • ''Home'' is any four walls that enclose the right person.
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  • A bride at her second marriage does not wear a veil. She wants to see what she is getting.
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  • A bachelor never quite gets over the idea that he is a thing of beauty and a boy forever.
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  • A Bachelor of Arts is one who makes love to a lot of women, and yet has the art to remain a bachelor.
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  • A fool and her money are soon courted.
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  • A husband is what is left of the lover after the nerve has been extracted.
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  • A man can become so accustomed to the thought of his own faults that he will begin to cherish them as charming little ''personal characteristics.''
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  • A man never knows how to say goodbye; a woman never knows when to say it.
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  • A man's desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern may not be lost to the world.
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  • A widow is a fascinating being with the flavor of maturity, the spice of experience, the piquancy of novelty, the tang of practiced coquetry, and the halo of one man's approval.
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  • After marriage, a woman's sight becomes so keen that she can see right through her husband without looking at him, and a man's so dull that he can look right through his wife without seeing her.
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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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  • Between lovers a little confession is a dangerous thing.
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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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  • Don't waste time trying to break a man's heart; be satisfied if you can just manage to chip it in a brand new place.
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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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  • Failing to be there when a man wants her is a woman's greatest sin, except to be there when he doesn't want her.
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  • Falling in love consists merely in uncorking the imagination and bottling the common-sense.
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What are the most famous quotes from Helen Rowland?

The two most famous quotes from Helen Rowland are:

  • "A wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he says to her."
  • "''Home'' is any four walls that enclose the right person."

When did Helen Rowland live?

Helen Rowland was born in 1875 and died in the year 1950.