Berea High School - Prima Luce Yearbook (Berea, NC)

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“Women swallow at one mouthful the lie that flatters, and drink drop by drop , the truth that is bitter.” “All women have hearts, but often it is with them as. with oaks— the heart is the hardest part.” “Since all maids are good and lovable, whence come the evil wives ?” “How wisely nature, ordering all below, Forbade a beard on woman’s chin to grow ! For how could she be shaved, what’er the skill, Where tongue would never let the chin be still?” By this, too, it is evident that woman is a great evil, for the father who begat her and brought her up, gives a dowry and sends her away to be rid of the evil.” “The rich widow cries with one eye and rejoices with the other.” Men should keep their eyes wide open before marriage, and half shut afterwards.” When you are but slightly acquainted with the lady you admire, and wish to know all her faults, it is only necessary to commend her among her female acquaintances.” A woman is never so badly in love that she does not try to find out the cost of her engagement ring.” “ ‘No’ is the feminine of ‘yes.’ ” “Now, what I love in women is they won’t Or can’t do otherwise than lie, and do it With such a grace that truth seems falsehood to it.” “A woman’s hair is long, but her sense is short.” “Sweet is revenge — especially to women.” i :: [ Page 90 ]

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■ 811 , Icy Sayings by a Man a IV oman IV ouldn t Have “The music at a marriage procession always reminds me of the music of soldiers entering upon a battle.” “Fortune and women are partial to fools.” “There are in women two sorts of tears, the one of grief, the other of deceit.” “A woman’s thoughts run before her action, not before her words.” “Talk not to me of the wisdom of women — I know their sex well ; the wisest of them all are but little less foolish than the rest.” “It is said that friendship between women is only a suspension of hostilities.” “Women have fewer vices than men, but they have stronger prejudices.” “A woman’s tongue is only three inches long — that is comparatively speaking — but it can kill a man six feet high.” “We never know what a woman doesn’t mean until she has spoken.” “A Scotch minister onc e contended in the pulpit that women never enter Heaven, upon the ground that, as St. John in Revelation says, ‘There was silence in Heaven for the space of half an hour,’ it was impossible to suppose that women were there, for they could not remain so long without talking.” [ Page 89 ]

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He and She, or Rather , She and He She (looking at one of her former photographs) : “A brilliant daughter makes a brilliant wife.” He : “Yes, and ideas are like beards — men never have any until they grow up, and women none at all.” She : “Men are more eloquent than women made, But women are more powerful to persuade.” i He : “A beautiful woman smiling bespeaks a purse weeping.” She (decorating her lips) : “How do you like rouge?” He : “Well, I believe red is a universal sign of danger.” She (adjusting her dress) : “What do you think of my dress?” He : “Your dress, my dear, will never please the men.” She : “I didn’t dress, sir,- to please the men, but to worry the other women.” She : “I am feeling very bad. Something flickers before my eyes all the time.” He : “Great Christopher Columbus ! She is hinting for another diamond ring.” She : “If a man is happily married, his ‘rib’ is worth all the other bones in his body.” He: “I heard another story about that rib business that impressed me very much. It’s an Arabian or Mohammedan version of the creation. It seems that as Allah was sewing up the hole in Adam’s side after having removed the rib and laid it down on the ground, that a dog grabbed it and ran away. Allah struck out after the dog and caught him by the end of his tail. In the course of the race the dog pulled off the end of his tail which remained in Allah’s hand. And then Allah, not to be outdone in this manner, made woman out of what he held in hand.” (It was said that this conversation ended in a divorce.) [ Page 91 1