Pauline Phillips

Journalist

1918-07-04

Quotes by Pauline Phillips

• True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.

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• It is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can't speak for my twin sister.

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• Loneliness is the ultimate poverty.

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• There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who walk into a room and say, 'There you are' and those who say, 'Here I am'

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• The less you talk, the more you're listened to.

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• The best index to a person's character is a) how he treats people who can't do him any good, and b) how he treats people who can't fight back.

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• While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.

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