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 LEVERSONShe suspected him of infidelity, with and without reason, morning, noon and night.
More Ada Leverson Quotes
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A butler in an English household should, however, be English, and as much like an archbishop as possible.
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Thou canst not serve both cod and salmon.
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an optimist is the man who looks after your eyes, and the pessimist the person who looks after your feet.
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I suggested to Oscar Wilde that he should go a step further than these minor poets; he should publish a book all margin; full of beautiful, unwritten thoughts.
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Everything comes to the man who won’t wait.
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Fog and hypocrisy – that is to say, shadow, convention, decency – these were the very things that lent to London its poetry and romance.
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As a rule the person found out in a betrayal of love holds, all the same, the superior position of the two. It is the betrayed one who is humiliated.
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It is all very well to say that children are happier with mud pies and rag dolls than with these elaborate delights.
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It depresses me, since naturally it gives the contrary impression. It can’t be real. It ought to be but it isn’t. If the noisy person meant what he said, he wouldn’t say it.
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She could carry off anything; and some people said that she did.
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When I see a cheerful young man shrieking about how full of life he is, banging on a drum, and blowing on a tin trumpet, and speaking of his good spirits
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Women are so perverse. Look how they won’t wear black when nothing suits them so well!
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Suspense is torture … but delightful–or there’d be no gambling in the world.
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Modesty is a valuable merit … in people who have no other, and the appearance of it is extremely useful to those who have.
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Many 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!
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