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Helen May Rowland (; 1875–1950) was an American journalist and humorist. For many years she wrote a newspaper column in the New York World called "Reflections of a Bachelor Girl". Many of her pithy insights from these columns were published in book form, including Reflections of a Bachelor Girl (1909), The Rubáiyát of a Bachelor (1915), and A Guide to Men (1922).

Quotes from Helen Rowland

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

—Helen Rowland

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

—Helen Rowland

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The dollar sign is the only sign in which the modern man appears to have any real faith.

—Helen Rowland

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The follies which a man regrets most, in his life, are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity.

—Helen Rowland

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Man's best possession is a sympathetic wife.

—Helen Rowland

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

—Helen Rowland

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

—Helen Rowland

You will never win if you never begin.

—Helen Rowland

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

—Helen Rowland