To a woman–I mean, a nice woman–there is no such thing as men. There is a man; and either she is so fond of him that she can talk of nothing else, however unfavourably, or so much in love with him that she never mentions his name.
ADA LEVERSONTo a woman–I mean, a nice woman–there is no such thing as men. There is a man; and either she is so fond of him that she can talk of nothing else, however unfavourably, or so much in love with him that she never mentions his name.
ADA LEVERSONMost people now seem to treasure anything they value in proportion to the extent that it’s followed about and surrounded by the vulgar public.
ADA LEVERSONSince in a crisis they are usually dense, fatally doing the wrong thing. It is hardly too much to say that most domestic tragedies are caused by the feminine intuition of men and the want of it in women.
ADA LEVERSONShe suspected him of infidelity, with and without reason, morning, noon and night.
ADA LEVERSONShe could carry off anything; and some people said that she did.
ADA LEVERSONenvy, as a rule, is of success rather than of merit. No one would have objected to his talent deserving recognition – only to his getting it.
ADA LEVERSONIt’s always something to get one’s wish, even if the wish is a failure.
ADA LEVERSONYou don’t know a woman until you have had a letter from her.
ADA LEVERSONWomen are so perverse. Look how they won’t wear black when nothing suits them so well!
ADA LEVERSONThere may be something in this theory, but when their amusements are carried to such a point of luxurious and imaginative perfection it certainly gives them great and even unlimited enjoyment at the time.
ADA LEVERSONPeople were not charmed with Eglantine because she herself was charming, but because she was charmed.
ADA LEVERSONFog and hypocrisy – that is to say, shadow, convention, decency – these were the very things that lent to London its poetry and romance.
ADA LEVERSONAll really frank people are amusing, and would remain so if they could remember that other people may sometimes want to be frank and amusing too.
ADA LEVERSONMany women I know think the ideal of happiness is to be in love with a great man, or to be the wife of a great public success; to share his triumph! They forget you share the man as well!
ADA LEVERSONan optimist is the man who looks after your eyes, and the pessimist the person who looks after your feet.
ADA LEVERSONAbsurdly improbable things are quite as liable to happen in real life as in weak literature.
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