Rambles in Womanland - Max O'Rell

Rambles in Womanland

Cupid will cause men to do many things; so will cupidity.
I like economy too much as a virtue not to loathe it when it becomes a vice.
Many virtues, when carried too far, become vices.
Envy is a vice which does not pay. If you let your envy be apparent, you advertise your failure.
Nothing is less common than common-sense.
Whenever you can, pay cash for what you buy. A bill owing is like port wine—it generally improves by keeping.

There are people whose signature has no more significance at the end of a letter of insults than it has value at the bottom of a cheque.
The hardest thing to do in life is to make a living dishonestly for any length of time.
The harm that happens to others very seldom does us any good, and the good that happens to them very seldom does us any harm. People who are successful are neither envious, jealous, nor revengeful.
Very often a man says, 'I have made a fool of myself!' who should only accuse his father.

Max O'Rell
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Язык

Английский

Год издания

2010-08-12

Темы

Women

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