Men and Women

Beauty: That power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.

 Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in  Life and Death and  Men and Women

A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.

 Friedrich Nietzsche, in  Men and Women

If women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning.

 Aristotle Onassis, in  Men and Women

Women make love for love, men make love for lust.

 Derrick Harge, in  Love and Hate and  Men and Women

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

 Robert A. Heinlein, in  Men and Women

It is the ordinary women that know something about love. The gorgeous ones are too busy being gorgeous.

 Katharine Hepburn, in  Love and Hate and  Men and Women

Bachelors know more about women than married men do. If they didn't, they'd be married too.

 Henry Louis Mencken, in  Men and Women

A woman, especially if she has the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.

 Jane Austen, in  Men and Women

If there is anything disagreeable going on, men are always sure to get out of it.

 Jane Austen, in  Men and Women

A woman has to be twice as good as a man, to be regarded as half that clever.

 Unknown, in  Men and Women

A woman never forgets the men she could have had; a man, the women he couldn't.

 Unknown, in  Men and Women

The more I know men, the more I love my dog.

 Unknown, in  Men and Women

When a female has tears in her eyes the one who cannot see is the male.

 Unknown, in  Men and Women

When a man's wife learns to understand him, she usually stops listening to him.

 Unknown, in  Men and Women

Women first want to find out what is in your wallet, and second what is in your pants.

 Unknown, in  Men and Women

A diplomat is a man who can convince his wife she'd look stout in a fur coat.

 Unknown, in  Law and Politics and  Men and Women

A man needs a mistress, just to break the monogamy.

 Unknown, in  Love and Hate and  Men and Women

Men don't need women -- they just need certain parts of their anatomy.

 Unknown, in  Men and Women

Men who cherish for women the highest respect are seldom popular with them.

 Unknown, in  Men and Women

My wife says I never listen to her. At least I think that's what she says.

 Unknown, in  Men and Women