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Such a wife as I want... must be young, handsome I lay most stress upon a good shape, sensible a read more
Such a wife as I want... must be young, handsome I lay most stress upon a good shape, sensible a little learning will do, well-bread, chaste, and tender. As to religion, a moderate stock will satisfy me. She must believe in God and hate a saint.
The only good husbands stay bachelors: They're too considerate to get married.
The only good husbands stay bachelors: They're too considerate to get married.
Love, the strongest and deepest element in all life, the harbinger of hope, of joy, of ecstasy; love, the defier read more
Love, the strongest and deepest element in all life, the harbinger of hope, of joy, of ecstasy; love, the defier of laws, of all conventions; love, the freest, the most powerful molder of human destiny; how can such an all-compelling force be synonymous with that poor little State- and church-begotten weed, marriage?
Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who read more
Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open.
When a man brings his wife flowers for no reason, there's a reason.
When a man brings his wife flowers for no reason, there's a reason.
Once you are married, there is nothing left for you, not even suicide.
Once you are married, there is nothing left for you, not even suicide.
A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life, to be thankful for a read more
A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life, to be thankful for a good one
A good marriage is at least 80 percent good luck in finding the right person at the right time. The read more
A good marriage is at least 80 percent good luck in finding the right person at the right time. The rest is trust.
Compromise: An amiable arrangement between husband and wife whereby they agree to let her have her own way.
Compromise: An amiable arrangement between husband and wife whereby they agree to let her have her own way.
