I have an idea that the phrase 'weaker sex' was coined by some woman to disarm the man she was preparing to overwhelm.

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The only people who should really sin are the people who can sin and grin.

The only people who should really sin are the people who can sin and grin.

Women would rather be right than reasonable.

Women would rather be right than reasonable.

Some debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you...

Some debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you...

Commitments the voters don't know about can't hurt you.

Commitments the voters don't know about can't hurt you.

Nobody agrees with anybody else anyhow, but adults conceal it and infants show it

Nobody agrees with anybody else anyhow, but adults conceal it and infants show it

A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.

A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.

Hark to the whimper of the seagull. / He weeps because he's not an ea-gull....

Hark to the whimper of the seagull. / He weeps because he's not an ea-gull....

People who have what they want are very fond of telling people who haven't what...

People who have what they want are very fond of telling people who haven't what...

Happiness is having a scratch for every itch.

Happiness is having a scratch for every itch.

The most exciting happiness is the happiness generated by forces beyond your control.

The most exciting happiness is the happiness generated by forces beyond your control.

Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone...

Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone...

The cow is of the bovine ilk; one end is moo, the other milk.

The cow is of the bovine ilk; one end is moo, the other milk.

A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an...

A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an...

There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is...

There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is...

If you don't want to work, you have to work to earn enough money so...

If you don't want to work, you have to work to earn enough money so...

I think that I shall never see a billboard lovely as a tree. Perhaps, unless...

I think that I shall never see a billboard lovely as a tree. Perhaps, unless...

The bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we...

The bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we...

Middle age ends and senescence begins, The day your descendants outnumber your friends.

Middle age ends and senescence begins, The day your descendants outnumber your friends.

In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I...

In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I...

Much of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next.

Much of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next.