The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires.
DOROTHY PARKERThe best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires.
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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But I don’t give up; I forget why not.
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Years are only garments, and you either wear them with style all your life, or else you go dowdy to the grave.
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Ducking for apples — change one letter and it’s the story of my life.
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Don’t feel bad when I die; I’ve been dead for a long time.
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By the time you swear you’re his, Shivering and sighing. And he vows his passion is, Infinite, undying. Lady make note of this — One of you is lying.
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Quick!! Act as if nothing has happened!
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Said after she had been seriously ill: The doctors were very brave about it.
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Telegram to a friend who had just become a mother after a prolonged pregnancy: Good work, Mary. We all knew you had it in you.
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Los Angeles: Seventy-two suburbs in search of a city.
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It turns out that, at social gatherings, as a source of entertainment, conviviality, and good fun, I rank somewhere between a sprig of parsley and a single ice-skate.
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I like best to have one book in my hand, and a stack of others on the floor beside me, so as to know the supply of poppy and mandragora will not run out before the small hours.
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Honesty means nothing until you are tested under circumstances where you are sure you could get away with dishonesty.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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If all the young ladies who attended the Yale promenade dance were laid end to end, no one would be the least surprised.
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