Men and Women
52 aphorisms · 11 comments
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tiny.ag/umjestnq · submitted 1997
A beautiful woman is the hell of the soul, the purgatory of the purse, and the paradise of the eyes.
tiny.ag/byi02vnc · submitted 1997
There's a difference between beauty and charm. A beautiful woman is one I notice. A charming woman is one who notices me.
tiny.ag/4gnwlaf8 · submitted 1997
Woman inspires us to great things, and prevents us from achieving them.
tiny.ag/3mx96pc7 · submitted 1997
I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known.
tiny.ag/1txkpoby · submitted 1997
Were there no women, men might live like gods.
tiny.ag/xxgha1bk · submitted 1997
Men like to pursue an elusive woman like a cake of wet soap -- even men who hate baths.
tiny.ag/1nyf2coi · submitted 1997
While farmers generally allow one rooster for ten hens, ten men are scarcely sufficient to service one woman.
tiny.ag/osjwdfeg · submitted 1997
Beauty: That power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in Life and Death and Men and Women
tiny.ag/xkpw5kax · submitted 1997
If there is anything disagreeable going on, men are always sure to get out of it.
tiny.ag/v6ukdwhs · submitted 1997
A woman, especially if she has the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.
tiny.ag/pn9z1dol · submitted 1997
Women like silent men. They think they're listening.
tiny.ag/d6nssfxi · submitted 1997
Large increases in cost with questionable increases in performance can be tolerated only in race horses and women.
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