"There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard."

Irving, Washington on jealousy
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"To promote laughter without joining in it greatly heightens the effect."

Balzac, Honore De on laughter   

"In mid-life the man wants to see how irresistible he still is to younger women. How they turn their hearts to stone and more or less commit a murder of their marriage I just don't know, but they do."

Neal, Patricia on age and aging
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".. it's a sort of bloom on a woman. If you have it you don't need to have anything else; and if you don't have it, it doesn't much matter what else you have."

Barrie, Sir James M. on women   

"The higher mental development of woman, the less possible it is for her to meet a congenial male who will see in her, not only sex, but also the human being, the friend, the comrade and strong individuality, who cannot and ought not lose a single trait of her character."

Goldman, Emma on women
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"Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."

Morris, William on home   

"There is no place more delightful than one's own fireplace."

Cicero, Marcus T. on home
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"Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son."

Proverb, Russian on ancestry
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