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Marriage is a great institution, but who wants to live in an institution?
Marriage is a great institution, but who wants to live in an institution?
The awe and dread with which the untutored savage contemplates his mother-in-law are amongst the most familiar facts of anthropology.
The awe and dread with which the untutored savage contemplates his mother-in-law are amongst the most familiar facts of anthropology.
What a man sows, that shall he and his relations reap.
What a man sows, that shall he and his relations reap.
Husbands are like fires. They go out if unattended.
Husbands are like fires. They go out if unattended.
When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except continue to love her.
When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except continue to love her.
Govern a family as you would cook a small fish - very gently.
Govern a family as you would cook a small fish - very gently.
Where can a person be better than in the bosom of their family.
Where can a person be better than in the bosom of their family.
To keep your marriage brimming, with love in the wedding cup, whenever you're wrong, admit it; whenever you're right, shut read more
To keep your marriage brimming, with love in the wedding cup, whenever you're wrong, admit it; whenever you're right, shut up.
Search then the ruling passion; there alone,
The wild are constant, and the cunning known;
The fool read more
Search then the ruling passion; there alone,
The wild are constant, and the cunning known;
The fool consistent, and the false sincere;
Priests, princes, women, no dissemblers here.
