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His Quotes by Helen Rowland
- A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight to his heart, and contracts it so that it can…
- The woman who appeals to a man's vanity may stimulate him, the woman who appeals to his heart may attract him, but it is the…
- Every man wants a woman to appeal to his better side, his nobler instincts, and his higher nature - and another woman to help him…
- 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…
- 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.'
- 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…
- Woman: the peg on which the wit hangs his jest, the preacher his text, the cynic his grouch and the sinner his justification.
- Before marriage, a man declares that he would lay down his life to serve you; after marriage, he won't even lay down his newspaper to…
- The tenderest spot in a man's make-up is sometimes the bald spot on top of his head.
- The follies which a man regrets the most in his life are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity.
- 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 makes a woman his wife, it's the highest compliment he can pay her, and it's usually the last.
- The hardest task in a girl's life is to prove to a man that his intentions are serious.
More His Quotes
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale
- I'm a father. It isn't just my life any more. I don't want my kid finding bottles in the house or seeing… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It's by the… — Neil Armstrong
- Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate… — Johann Arndt
- Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery. — Matthew Arnold