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Plain women know more about men than beautiful ones do. But beautiful women don't need to know about men. It's the men who have to know about beautiful women.

Quote by Katharine Hepburn about man, need

Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do.

Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do.

Quote by Katharine Hepburn about man

Works of imagination should be written in very plain...

Works of imagination should be written in very plain language; the more purely imaginative they are the more necessary it is to be plain.

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge about art, language, imagination

The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the...

The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about leadership, question, faith, light, people

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

Quote by Francis Bacon about wealth, virtue

In plain words, Chaos was the law of nature Order was the...

In plain words, Chaos was the law of nature Order was the dream of man.

Quote by Henry B. Adams about chaos, law, dream, order, nature, man

Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work. I had to put in the time to get back. And it was a grind. It meant training and sweating every day. But I was completely committed to working out to prove to myself that I still could do it.

Quote by Andre Agassi about work, nothing, day, time

To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive.

Quote by Jane Austen about beauty, life

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Only the really plain people know about love - the very...

Only the really plain people know about love - the very fascinating ones try so hard to create an impression that they soon exhaust their talents.

Quote by Katharine Hepburn about love, people

All British people have plain names, and that works...

All British people have plain names, and that works pretty well over there.

Quote by Paris Hilton about nation, people

What makes all doctrines plain and clear? About two...

What makes all doctrines plain and clear? About two hundred pounds a year. And that which was proved true before, prove false again? Two hundred more.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

When you really need something, its either not available, or can't be found. When you don't need it, its either available, or lays around in plain sight.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about need

Any and all jokes will be misunderstood as insults, ...

Any and all jokes will be misunderstood as insults, clues, or just plain missed.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about insults

Riding in advance, we passed over one of these great plains, we looked back and saw the line of scattered horsemen stretching for a mile or more, and far in the rear against the horizon, the white wagons creeping slowly along.

Quote by Francis Parkman

Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but...

Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.

Quote by William Penn about rightness, end

I love the diversity of America. I love the plain, normal sense of humor Americans have. It is not wicked, like in some countries. And I also love how new America is.

Quote by Antonio Banderas about country, love, humor, americans, common sense, sense

There are trivial truths and the great truths. The...

There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true.

Quote by Niels Bohr about truth

Childhood is the place where God can be replaced with a...

Childhood is the place where God can be replaced with a plain smile.

Quote by Costel Zăgan about aphorisms, childhood, smile, god

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