(Eleanor) Roosevelt’s First Law
Eleanor Roosevelt
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
(Samuel) Butler’s Law
Samuel Butler
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
(Sydney) Smith’s Secret
Sydney Smith
Digestion is the great secret of life.
Astor’s Axiom
Nancy Astor
All women marry beneath them.
Austen’s First Law
Jane Austen
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
Austen’s Second Law
Jane Austen
If there is anything disagreeable going on, men are sure to get out of it.
Bayly’s Observation
Thomas Bayly
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Beaumont and Fletcher’s Law
Francis Beaumont
Beggars must be no choosers.
Beerbohm’s Second Law
Max Beerbohm
Mankind is divisible into two great classes: hosts and guests.
Bierce’s Law
Ambrose Bierce
Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves and good fortune to others.
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