Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Helen Rowland Journalist

  • Gender: Female
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Jan 1, 1875
  • Died: Jan 1, 1950

Helen Rowland (1875 - 1950) was an American journalist and humorist.

She is often confused with Helen May Rowland, a singer-actress who had a brief radio and recording career in the early 1930s.

Love, like a chicken salad or restaurant hash, must be taken with blind faith or it loses its flavor. faith & love

Never trust a husband too far, nor a bachelor too near. trust

A bride at her second marriage does not wear a veil. She wants to see what she is getting. marriage & wedding

A fool and her money are soon courted. money

Telling lies is a fault in a boy, an art in a lover, an accomplishment in a bachelor, and second-nature in a married man. art

Marriage is like twirling a baton, turning hand springs or eating with chopsticks. It looks easy until you try it. marriage

A bachelor never quite gets over the idea that he is a thing of beauty and a boy forever. beauty

Nowadays love is a matter of chance, matrimony a matter of money and divorce a matter of course. money

A husband is what is left of a lover, after the nerve has been extracted. marriage

In olden times sacrifices were made at the altar - a practice which is still continued. marriage

Love, the quest marriage, the conquest divorce, the inquest. marriage

There are people whose watch stops at a certain hour and who remain permanently at that age. aging

When you see what some women marry, you realize how they must hate to work for a living. women

Jealousy is the tie that binds, and binds, and binds. jealousy

Home is any four walls that enclose the right person. home

It isn't tying himself to one woman that a man dreads when he thinks of marrying it's separating himself from all the others. marriage

Falling in love consists merely in uncorking the imagination and bottling the common sense. imagination & love

A Bachelor of Arts is one who makes love to a lot of women, and yet has the art to remain a bachelor. art & women

Wedding: the point at which a man stops toasting a woman and begins roasting her. wedding

Flirting is the gentle art of making a man feel pleased with himself. art

One man's folly is another man's wife. being funny

Somehow a bachelor never quite gets over the idea that he is a thing of beauty and a boy forever. beauty

Marriage is the miracle that transforms a kiss from a pleasure into a duty. marriage

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