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.
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A good husband makes a good wife.
A good husband makes a good wife.
We say that a girl with her doll anticipates the mother. It is more true, perhaps, that most mothers are read more
We say that a girl with her doll anticipates the mother. It is more true, perhaps, that most mothers are still but children with playthings.
Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is not.
Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is not.
I refuse to admit that I am more than 52, even if that makes my children illegitimate.
I refuse to admit that I am more than 52, even if that makes my children illegitimate.
Men are like a deck of cards. You'll find the occasional king, but most are jacks.
Men are like a deck of cards. You'll find the occasional king, but most are jacks.
Being a gentleman is the number one priority, the chief question integral to our national life.
Being a gentleman is the number one priority, the chief question integral to our national life.
Ne'er take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in.
Ne'er take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in.
Being a woman is a terribly difficult task since it consists principally in dealing with men.
Being a woman is a terribly difficult task since it consists principally in dealing with men.
It seems as though women keep growing. Eventually they can have little or nothing in common with the men they read more
It seems as though women keep growing. Eventually they can have little or nothing in common with the men they chose long ago.
