"If man knew how women pass the time……" — O. Henry
"If man knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they'd never marry."
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64 Quotes by O. Henry
O. Henry has 64 quotes on this site.
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You can't appreciate home till you've left it, money till it's spent, your wife till she's joined a woman's club,…
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There is this difference between the grief of youth and that of old age; youth's burden is lightened by as…
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There is no well defined boundary line between honesty and dishonesty. The frontiers of one blend with the outside limits…
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There is a saying that no man has tasted the full flavor of life until he has known poverty, love,…
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There is one day that is ours. There is one day when all we Americans who are not self-made go…
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If there was ever an aviary overstocked with jays it is that Yaptouwn on the Hudson called New York
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If a person has lived through war, poverty and love, he has lived a full life
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There are stories in everything. I've got some of my best yarns from park benches, lampposts, and newspaper stands.
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Write what you like; there is no other rule.
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It ain't the roads we take; it's what's inside of us that makes us turn out the way we do.
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Bohemia is nothing more than the little country in which you do not live. If you try to obtain citizenship…
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Hospitality in the prairie country is not limited. Even if your enemy passes your way, you must feed him before…
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I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately…
— J. J. Abrams
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There's love, and certainly children you care about more than yourself. But nevertheless, we're alone in our heads.
— Paul Auster
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I really enjoy being single again. I spent a lot of time in a relationship and the nearer we came…
— Dido Armstrong
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India is the meeting place of the religions and among these Hinduism alone is by itself a vast and complex…
— Sri Aurobindo
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Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her…
— Jane Austen
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I hate cameras. They interfere, they're always in the way. I wish: if I could work with my eyes alone.
— Richard Avedon
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Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to…
— Teresa of Avila
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While the soul is in mortal sin, nothing can profit it; none of its good works merit an eternal reward,…
— Teresa of Avila
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The further we distance ourselves from the spell of the present, explored by our senses, the harder it will be…
— Diane Ackerman
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The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially…
— Ibrahim Babangida
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In today's interdependent world, a threat to one becomes a menace to all. And no state can defeat these challenges…
— Michelle Bachelet
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We neither laugh alone, nor weep alone, why then should we pray alone?
— Anna Letitia Barbauld
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