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Marriage is like a violin. After the music is over, you still have the strings.
Marriage is like a violin. After the music is over, you still have the strings.
Nobody can misunderstand a boy like his own mother. Mothers at present can bring children into the world, but this read more
Nobody can misunderstand a boy like his own mother. Mothers at present can bring children into the world, but this performance is apt to mark the end of their capacities. They can't even attend to the elementary animal requirements of their offspring. It is quite surprising how many children survive in spite of their mothers.
An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
Having children makes you no more a parent than having a piano makes you a pianist.
Having children makes you no more a parent than having a piano makes you a pianist.
There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.
There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.
The legacy of women's war work is our present post-industrial employment structure. It was the war that created the demand read more
The legacy of women's war work is our present post-industrial employment structure. It was the war that created the demand for a technologically advanced, de-skilled, low-paid, non-unionized female workforce and paved the way for making part-time work the norm for married women now. A generation later, it was the daughters of wartime women workers who completed their mothers' campaign for equal pay.
There is always a chance that he who sets himself up as his brother's keeper will end up by being read more
There is always a chance that he who sets himself up as his brother's keeper will end up by being his jail-keeper.
The government is becoming the family of last resort.
The government is becoming the family of last resort.
When a girl ceases to blush, she has lost the most powerful charm of her beauty.
When a girl ceases to blush, she has lost the most powerful charm of her beauty.
