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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. "
Helen Rowland
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" 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. "
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" Marriage is the miracle that transforms a kiss from a pleasure into a duty. "
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" When you see what some women marry, you realize how they must hate to work for a living. "
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" Love, like a chicken salad or restaurant hash, must be taken with blind faith or it loses its flavor. "
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" France may claim the happiest marriages in the world, but the happiest divorces in the world are 'made in America.' "
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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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" It takes one woman twenty years to make a man of her son - and another woman twenty minutes to make a fool of him. "
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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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" And verily, a woman need know but one man well, in order to understand all men; whereas a man may know all women and understand not one of them. "
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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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" Why does a man take it for granted that a girl who flirts with him wants him to kiss her - when, nine times out of ten, she only wants him to want to kiss her? "
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" To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all. "
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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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