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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 father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them.
The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them.
Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.
Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.
Mistress: Something between a mister and a mattress.
Mistress: Something between a mister and a mattress.
A woman isn't complete without a man. But where do you find a man - a real man - these read more
A woman isn't complete without a man. But where do you find a man - a real man - these days?
Marital Freedom: The liberty that allows a husband to do exactly that which his wife pleases.
Marital Freedom: The liberty that allows a husband to do exactly that which his wife pleases.
When a bachelor of philosophy from the Antilles refuses to apply for certification as a teacher on the grounds of read more
When a bachelor of philosophy from the Antilles refuses to apply for certification as a teacher on the grounds of his color I say that philosophy has never saved anyone. When someone else strives and strains to prove to me that black men are as intelligent as white men I say that intelligence has never saved anyone: and that is true, for, if philosophy and intelligence are invoked to proclaim the equality of men, they have also been employed to justify the extermination of men.
In my case, adulthood itself was not an advance, although it was a useful waymark.
In my case, adulthood itself was not an advance, although it was a useful waymark.
In matrimony, to hesitate is sometimes to be saved.
In matrimony, to hesitate is sometimes to be saved.
