Alice-Leone Moats Quotes

• An invitation to be a bridesmaid is an honor which cannot be declined without some very good reason. Our idea of one of the better reasons is the impending arrival of a little stranger. ... any lady in this interesting condition should have the grace to refuse. We know that symbols of fertility are appropriate to the marriage ceremony, but they needn't be quite so obviously borne in on the congregation.

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  Should Have, Ideas, Interesting

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• Beber ya no es un arte para los estadounidenses; antes bebían por el sabor, pero ahora beben sólo por el efecto. Cuanto más rápido y fatal es el licor, más les gusta. O se suben al carro o se van.

  Alice-Leone Moats

  Art, Drinking, Taste

  Alice-Leone Moats (1933). “No Nice Girl Swears”, New York : A. A. Knopf

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• Traveling by motor is just one situation after another. ... No matter what happens, don't scream; a scream at the wrong moment has often been known to cause a stall.

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  Travel, Matter, Causes

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• Es bastante correcto conocer a un joven en un cóctel e ir a cenar con él. Si es atractivo, puedes considerarte no sólo correcta, sino afortunada.

  Alice-Leone Moats

  Party, Men, Dating

  Alice-Leone Moats (1933). “No Nice Girl Swears”, New York : A. A. Knopf

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• los hombres tendrán que resignarse al hecho de que el antiguo salón, sólo para hombres, nunca volverá a existir. Una vez que una mujer ha sentido una barandilla de latón bajo el empeine, no puede haber más reposapiés de punto de aguja para ella.

  Alice-Leone Moats

  Drinking, Men, Facts

  Alice-Leone Moats (1933). “No Nice Girl Swears”, New York : A. A. Knopf

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• For a second marriage a lady has to content herself with a quiet ceremony in a chapel or at home, if she doesn't want to be married by a magistrate. Having, it is to be hoped, lost her right to white satin she wears a simple afternoon frock and hat.

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  Home, Simple, White

  Alice-Leone Moats (1933). “No Nice Girl Swears”, New York : A. A. Knopf

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• It used to be the custom for the bachelor dinner to take place the night before the wedding. Now, however, the bridesmaids' and ushers' dinner is usually on that night, for a groom realizes that he and his attendants need some time in which to recover sufficiently to be able to distinguish the altar from the organ and walk up the aisle with no mishaps.

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  Night, Needs, Dinner

  Alice-Leone Moats (1933). “No Nice Girl Swears”, New York : A. A. Knopf

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• [On Philadelphia society:] The parties remind me of the Gay Nineties -- the men are gay and the women are in their nineties.

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  Party, Gay, Men

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