A child too, can never grasp the fact that the same mother who cooks so well, is so concerned about his cough, and helps so kindly with his homework,….

Silences, as every observer knows, have strange characteristics all their own - passionate silences, and hateful silences, and silences full of frien….

In a world where England is finished and dead: I do not wish to live..

Men are too emotional to vote. Their conduct at baseball games and political conventions shows this . . ..

Rare indeed is the nature that does not become a little more intense when its own affairs come under discussion..

No one really believes in equality who's on top..

Love will not always linger longest with those who hold it in too clenched a fist..

It is always difficult for a woman to be grateful for a form of chivalry that seems to be based on the premise that she is a moron..

Listening is not merely not talking, though even that is beyond most of our powers; it means taking a vigorous, human interest in what is being told ….

No one has ever explained why it is that parents and guardians consider dull people such safe matrimonial investments for their young charges. Even g….

It is among the commonplaces of education that we often first cut off the living root and then try to replace its natural functions by artificial mea….

the strongest will is the will that knows how to bend..

And now too late, we see these things are one: The art is sacrifice and self-control And who loves beauty must be stern of soul..

People love to talk but hate to listen. Listening is not merely not talking, though even that is beyond most of our powers; it means taking a vigorou….

People love to talk but hate to listen..

When a woman like that whom I've seen so much, All of a sudden drops out of touch; Is always busy and never can, Spare you a moment, it means a man..

Men are too emotional to vote. Their conduct at baseball games and political conventions shows this, while their innate tendency to appeal to force r….

Hate is perhaps the most dynamic of all emotions - fear may immobilize, love may stay the hand, but hate urges to action..

They make other nations seem pale and flighty, But they do think England is God almighty, And you must remind them now and then That other countries ….

Good manners are the techniques of expressing consideration for the feelings of others..

Conversation is a partnership, not a relation of master and slave, as most people try to make it..