Quote by Helen Rowland
A widow is a fascinating being with the flavor of maturity, the sp

A widow is a fascinating being with the flavor of maturity, the spice of experience, the piquancy of novelty, the tang of practiced coquetry, and the halo of one mans approval. – Helen Rowland

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It takes one woman twenty years to make a man of her son – and another woman twenty minutes to make a fool of him. – Helen Rowland

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When a girl marries she exchanges the attentions of many men for the inattention of one. – Helen Rowland

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Sorrow for a husband is like a pain in the elbow, sharp and short. – English Proverb

There is nothing on earth so easy as to forget, if a person chooses to set about it. Im sure I have as much forgot your poor, dear uncle, as if he had never existed; and I thought it my duty to do so. – Richard Brinsley Sheridan

He first deceased; she for a little tried to live without him, liked it not, and died. – Sir Henry Wotton

Take example by your father, my boy, and be very careful of vidders all your life, specially if theyve kept a public house, Sammy. – Charles Dickens

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When we talk about safety and security of the American people, politics falls aside pretty quickly. – Bill Frist

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