The ladies men admire, I've heard, Would shudder at a wicked word.
Their candle gives a single light;
They'd rather stay at home at night. They do not keep
awake till three, Nor read erotic poetry.
They never sanction the impure, Nor recognize an overture.
They shrink from powders and from paints ... So far,
I've had no complaints.
-- Dorothy Parker
Their candle gives a single light;
They'd rather stay at home at night. They do not keep
awake till three, Nor read erotic poetry.
They never sanction the impure, Nor recognize an overture.
They shrink from powders and from paints ... So far,
I've had no complaints.
-- Dorothy Parker
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Ross: Hi.
Guru Saj: I am Guru Saj.
(takes the drawer back and replaces) Ross: Listen... - I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month,
and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it. ... - How could they think women a recreation?
Or the repetition of bodies of steady interest?
Only the ignorant or the busy could. That elm of flesh... - My soul is crushed, my spirit sore
I do not like me anymore,
I cavil, quarrel, grumble, grouse, I ponder on the... - If I don't drive around the park,
I'm pretty sure to make my mark.
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