Nothing fails like success nothing is so defeated as yesterday's trium… — Quoted

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“Nothing fails like success nothing is so defeated as yesterday's triumphant Cause.”

Phyllis McGinley · Success

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Phyllis McGinley

Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing, peace is the measure.

Peace

Phyllis McGinley

Getting along with men isn't what's truly important. The vital knowledge is how to get along with a man, one man.

Knowledge

Phyllis McGinley

Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms, alone, they pose at the mirror, shoulders bare, trying this way and that their hair, or fly importunate down the stair to answer the telephone.

Loneliness

Phyllis McGinley

In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime.

Poetry