In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime.

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Gossip is the tool of the poet, the shoptalk of the scientist and the consolation...

Gossip is the tool of the poet, the shoptalk of the scientist and the consolation...

Getting along with men isn't what's truly important. The vital knowledge is how to get...

Getting along with men isn't what's truly important. The vital knowledge is how to get...

When blithe to argument I come, Though armed with facts, and merry, May Providence protect...

When blithe to argument I come, Though armed with facts, and merry, May Providence protect...

Those wearing tolerance for a label call other views intolerable.

Those wearing tolerance for a label call other views intolerable.

Praise is warming and desirable. But it is an earned thing. It has to be...

Praise is warming and desirable. But it is an earned thing. It has to be...

Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity.

Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity.

The trouble with gardening is that it does not remain an avocation. It becomes an...

The trouble with gardening is that it does not remain an avocation. It becomes an...

Seventy is wormwood, Seventy is gall But its better to be seventy, Than not alive...

Seventy is wormwood, Seventy is gall But its better to be seventy, Than not alive...

A lady is smarter than a gentleman, maybe, she can sew a fine seam, she...

A lady is smarter than a gentleman, maybe, she can sew a fine seam, she...

Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms, alone, they pose at the mirror,...

Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms, alone, they pose at the mirror,...

Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by...

Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by...

Nothing fails like success; nothing is so defeated as yesterday's triumphant Cause.

Nothing fails like success; nothing is so defeated as yesterday's triumphant Cause.

Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms, alone, they pose at the mirror,...

Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms, alone, they pose at the mirror,...

I do not know who first invented the myth of sexual equality. But it is...

I do not know who first invented the myth of sexual equality. But it is...

Marriage was all a woman's idea and for man's acceptance of the pretty yoke, it...

Marriage was all a woman's idea and for man's acceptance of the pretty yoke, it...

Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing, peace...

Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing, peace...

Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by...

Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by...

So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the familiy parrotto the town gossip.

So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the familiy parrotto the town gossip.

Where you see valid achievements or virtue being attacked, it's by someone viewing them as...

Where you see valid achievements or virtue being attacked, it's by someone viewing them as...

It's an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they...

It's an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they...

All great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction

All great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction