There is nothing that disgusts a man like getting beaten at chess by a woman.

Quote by Charles Dudley Warner

Topics: Women Quotes

I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if...

I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if...

Politics makes strange bedfellows

Politics makes strange bedfellows

Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do; but nearly...

Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do; but nearly...

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value

There is no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate...

There is no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate...

One of the best things in the world to be is a boy; it requires...

One of the best things in the world to be is a boy; it requires...

There isn't a wife in the world who has not taken the exact measure of...

There isn't a wife in the world who has not taken the exact measure of...

Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.

Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.

Goodness comes out of people who bask in the sun, as it does out of...

Goodness comes out of people who bask in the sun, as it does out of...

Goodness comes out of people who bask in the sun, as it does out of...

Goodness comes out of people who bask in the sun, as it does out of...

Knowledge is the mother of all virtue; all vice proceeds from ignorance

Knowledge is the mother of all virtue; all vice proceeds from ignorance

Lettuce is like conversation; it must be fresh and crisp, so sparkling that you scarcely...

Lettuce is like conversation; it must be fresh and crisp, so sparkling that you scarcely...

The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind...

The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind...

We are half ruined by conformity, but we should be wholly ruined without it.

We are half ruined by conformity, but we should be wholly ruined without it.

No man but feels more of a man in the world if he have a...

No man but feels more of a man in the world if he have a...

I have always known - That at last I would - Take this road, but...

I have always known - That at last I would - Take this road, but...

Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so...

Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so...

A great artist can paint a great picture on a small canvas.

A great artist can paint a great picture on a small canvas.

Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty,...

Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty,...

The thing generally raised on city land is taxes.

The thing generally raised on city land is taxes.