Russell Lynes quotes

A lady is a woman who makes a man behave like a gentleman. (Russell Lynes)
Camouflage is a game we all like to play, but our secrets are as surely revealed by what we want to seem to be as by what we want to conceal. View quote
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The bungalow had more to do with how Americans live today than any other building that has gone remotely by the name of architecture in our history. View quote
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The true snob never rests; there is always a higher goal to attain, and there are, by the same token, always more and more people to look down upon. View quote
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In my estimation, the only thing that is more to be guarded against than bad taste is good taste. View quote
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The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one. View quote
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If you can't ignore an insult, top it; if you can't top it, laugh it off; and if you can't laugh it off, it's probably deserved. View quote
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Every journalist has a novel in him, which is an excellent place for it. View quote
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It is always well to accept your own shortcomings with candor but to regard those of your friends with polite incredulity. View quote
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A truly appreciative child will break, lose, spoil, or fondle to death any really successful gift within a matter of minutes. View quote
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Ragtime was a fanfare for the 20th century. (Russell Lynes)
A lady is nothing very specific. One man's lady is another man's woman; sometimes, one man's lady is another man's wife. Definitions overlap but they almost never coincide. View quote
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