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Wilkie Collins Quotes: Women can resist a man's love, a man's fame, a man's personal appearance, and a man's money, but they cannot resist a man's tongue when he knows how to talk to them.
         

Women can resist a man's love, a man's fame, a man's personal appearance, and a man's money, but they cannot resist a man's tongue when he knows how to talk to them.


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Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service.

Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service.



The evening advanced. The shadows lengthened. The waters of the lake grew pitchy black. The gliding of the ghostly swans became rare and more rare.

The evening advanced. The shadows lengthened. The waters of the lake grew pitchy black. The gliding of the ghostly swans became rare and more rare.



My hour for tea is half-past five, and my buttered toast waits for nobody.

My hour for tea is half-past five, and my buttered toast waits for nobody.



The books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill!

The books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill!



Let the music speak to us of tonight, in a happier language than our own.

Let the music speak to us of tonight, in a happier language than our own.



We had our breakfasts--whatever happens in a house, robbery or murder, it doesn't matter, you must have your breakfast.

We had our breakfasts--whatever happens in a house, robbery or murder, it doesn't matter, you must have your breakfast.



Any woman who is sure of her own wits, is a match, at any time, for a man who is not sure of his own temper.

Any woman who is sure of her own wits, is a match, at any time, for a man who is not sure of his own temper.



I have always held the old-fashioned opinion that the primary object of work of fiction should be to tell a story.

I have always held the old-fashioned opinion that the primary object of work of fiction should be to tell a story.



Your tears come easy, when you're young, and beginning the world. Your tears come easy, when you're old, and leaving it. I burst out crying.

Your tears come easy, when you're young, and beginning the world. Your tears come easy, when you're old, and leaving it. I burst out crying.



Pedants, who have the least knowledge to be proud of, are impelled most by vanity.

Pedants, who have the least knowledge to be proud of, are impelled most by vanity.





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Thou hast no figures nor no fantasies Which busy care draws in the brains of men; Therefore thou sleep'st so sound.

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This page presents the quote "Women can resist a man's love, a man's fame, a man's personal appearance, and a man's money, but they cannot resist a man's tongue when he knows how to talk to them.". Author of this quote is Wilkie Collins. This quote is about love, money, men, fame, appearance, tongue, personal appearance, knows, women,.