The world men inhabit is rather bleak. It is a world full of doubt and confusion, where vulnerability must be hidden, not shared; where competition, not co-operation, is the order of the day; where men sacrifice the possibility of knowing their own children and sharing in their upbringing, for the sake of a job they may have chosen by chance, which may not suit them and which in many cases dominates their lives to the exclusion of much else.
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The man who can smile when things go wrong has thought of someone else he can blame it on.
The man who can smile when things go wrong has thought of someone else he can blame it on.
Women marry men hoping they will change. Men marry women hoping they will not. So each is inevitably disappointed.
Women marry men hoping they will change. Men marry women hoping they will not. So each is inevitably disappointed.
The person who can be only serious or only cheerful, is but half a man.
The person who can be only serious or only cheerful, is but half a man.
The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness, can be trained to do most things.
The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness, can be trained to do most things.
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.
The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old read more
The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.
Eighty percent of married men cheat in America. The rest cheat in Europe.
Eighty percent of married men cheat in America. The rest cheat in Europe.
Wedding is destiny, and hanging likewise.
Wedding is destiny, and hanging likewise.
If you are afraid of loneliness, don't marry.
If you are afraid of loneliness, don't marry.
