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Most women have all other women as adversaries; most men have all other men as their allies.
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Seek one woman whom thou canst trust, and to her who lovest thee best, tell thy secrets. She will deliver thee from the hands of strange women, she will expose their craft; and of her who flattereth thee, will she make known the reason.
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Woo her not till thou hast seen her mother, for a score of years worketh wonders.
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A woman and a mouse, they carry a tale wherever they go.
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The temptation to vivify they tale and make it walk abroad on its own legs is hard to deny.
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Repeat not the manner of a flirtation; for lo, all the world shall hear of it, and women will taunt thee.
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No man knoweth how another man maketh his love, for women tell not.
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Can a woman entertain a man and a pet at the same time? I say unto thee, one of the twain shall suffer jealousy.
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The old say, "I remember when." The young say, "What's the news?"
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Beware of a woman who signeth not her name to her letters; she will bear watching, aye, she hath a past.
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Ah, yes, I wrote the "Purple Cow"—
I'm Sorry, now, I wrote it;
But I can tell you Anyhow
I'll Kill you if you Quote it!
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Tell not thy previous loves to a woman, lest she also telleth thee hers.
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Son, heed my instruction, and apply thyself to know women; let thine eyes observe her when she is with another, for what she doeth with him, she will do with thee, also.
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Men do foolish things thoughtlessly, knowing not why; but no woman doeth aught without a reason.
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Gelett Burgess
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Born:
January 30, 1866
Died:
September 18, 1951
(aged 85)
Bio:
Frank Gelett Burgess was an artist, art critic, poet, author and humorist.
Known for:
Goops and how to be them (1900)
Are You a Bromide? (1906)
Goop Tales: Alphabetically Told
The Burgess nonsense book (1901)
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