(During a trial in which she was accused of indecency on stage) Judge: 'Miss West, are you trying to show contempt for this court?' Mae West: 'On the contrary, your Honor, I was doin' my best to conceal it.'
[Nov. 30-Dec. 10:] Dirty Blonde ... I made myself platinum, but I was born a dirty blonde.
[Per Alexander Pope (1734):] Vice is a monster of so frightful mien/As to be hated, needs but to be seen/But seen too oft, familiar with her face/We first endure, then pity, then embrace. ... I began as Snow White but I drifted.
A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.
A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.
A girl in the convertible is worth five in the phone book.
A hard man is good to find.
A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him.
A man has more character in his face at forty than at twenty--he has suffered longer.
A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him two--that's subtraction.
A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him with two dollars, that's subtraction.
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This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.