One sure way to lose another woman’s friendship is to try to improve her flower arrangements.
Marcelene Cox (1900-1998) American writer, columnist, aphorist
“Ask Any Woman” column, Ladies’ Home Journal (1948-02)
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This was a regularly revisited aphorism for Cox:
One sure way to lose another woman's friendship is to try to improve her husband.
(1955-12)
The quickest way to lose another woman's friendship is to endeavor to improve her husband, her children, or her flower arrangements.
(1959-05)
One sure way to lose another woman's friendship is to try to improve either her children or her flower arrangements.
(1961-07)
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PERICLES: ‘Tis time to fear when tyrants seem to kiss.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Pericles, Act 1, sc. 2, l. 86 (1.2.86) (1607) [with George Wilkins]
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Hell to ships, hell to men, hell to cities.
Aeschylus (525-456 BC) Greek dramatist (Æschylus)
Agamemnon
Speaking of Helen of Troy. The literal translation is "Ship-destroyer, man-destroyer, city-destroyer."
If my theory of relativity is proven successful, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare that I am a citizen of the world. Should my theory prove untrue, France will say that I am a German and Germany will declare that I am a Jew.
Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German-American physicist
Speech, French Philosophical Society, Paris (6 Apr 1922)
