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They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in congress you know that the filibuster was invented read more
They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men. -Clare Booth Luce.
Govern a family as you would cook a small fish - very gently.
Govern a family as you would cook a small fish - very gently.
In the past decade or so, the women's magazines have taken to running home-handyperson articles suggesting that women can learn read more
In the past decade or so, the women's magazines have taken to running home-handyperson articles suggesting that women can learn to fix things just as well as men. These articles are apparently based on the ludicrous assumption that _men_ know how to fix things, when in fact all they know how to do is _look_ at things in a certain squinty-eyed manner, which they learned in Wood Shop; eventually, when enough things in the home are broken, they take a job requiring them to transfer to another home.
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.
A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her read more
A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again.
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.
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.
Where there is marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.
Where there is marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.
The society of women is the element of good manners.
The society of women is the element of good manners.
