20 ordspråk av Frank Gelett Burgess
Frank Gelett Burgess
 A good woman would rather be the mother of a genius than the wife of a hero |
| Ah, yes! I wrote the 'Purple Cow' I'm sorry, now, I wrote it! But I can tell you anyhow, I'll kill you if you quote it! |
| As the cat lapses into savagery by night, and barbarously explores the dark, so primal and titanic is a woman with the love madness. |
| Count no woman wise, until thou hast received a letter from her hand; but love none thou hast not seen face to face, for she who is not foolish on paper is worth knowing |
| Her heart is older than her head; yea, her emotion is the mother of her reason |
| I never saw a Purple Cow; I never hope to See One; But I can Tell you, Anyhow, I'd rather See than Be One |
| If in the last few years you haven't discarded a major opinion or acquired a new one, check your pulse. You may be dead. |
| Imagination is like a lofty building reared to meet the sky - fancy is a balloon that soars at the wind's will |
| Love is only chatter, friends are all that matter. |
| Maxims are like lawyers who must need to see but one side of the case |
| Maxims are like lawyers who must need to see but one side of the case |
| Most women have all other women as adversaries; most men have all other men as their allies |
| Most women have all other women as adversaries; most men have all other men as their allies |
| No woman answereth an important question in less than eleven score words |
| No woman answereth an important question in less than eleven score words |
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