“Some men break your heart in two,
Some men fawn and flatter,
Some men never look at you;
And that cleans up the matter.”

— Dorothy Parker

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American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist 1893–1967

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“Some men break your heart in two,
Some men fawn and flatter,
Some men never look at you;
And that cleans up the matter.”