Man's best possession is a sympathetic wife.

—Helen Rowland

About Helen Rowland

Portrait of Helen Rowland

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),...

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

—Helen Rowland

You will never win if you never begin.

—Helen Rowland

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

—Helen Rowland

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

—Helen Rowland

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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More quotations tagged with “marriage”

When a man is ready to marry, he is often not too particular about the lady.

What is right for one couple is wrong for another. I would say that there are many more important factors to a happy marriage.

I wonder, among all the tangles of this mortal coil, which one contains tighter knots to undo, and consequently suggests more tugging, and pain, and diversified elements of misery, than the marriage tie.

—Edith Wharton

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Marriage. It's like a cultural hand-rail. It links folks to the past and guides them to the future.

—Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider

Though we marry as adults, we don't marry adults. We marry children who have grown up and still rejoice in being children, especially if we're creative.

—Diane Ackerman

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