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What is there in the vale of life
Half so delightful as a wife,
When friendship, love, read more
What is there in the vale of life
Half so delightful as a wife,
When friendship, love, and peace combine
To stamp the marriage-bond divine?
There is trouble with a wife, but it's even worse with a woman who is not a wife
There is trouble with a wife, but it's even worse with a woman who is not a wife
She (his wife) is the wind beneath my wings.
She (his wife) is the wind beneath my wings.
In thy face have I seen the eternal.
In thy face have I seen the eternal.
When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl -- and look at the ailing, aching state a young read more
When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl -- and look at the ailing, aching state a young wife generally is doomed to -- which you can't deny is the penalty of marriage.
He knows little who will tell his wife all he knows.
He knows little who will tell his wife all he knows.
Oh! 'tis a precious thing, when wives are dead,
To find such numbers who will serve instead:
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Oh! 'tis a precious thing, when wives are dead,
To find such numbers who will serve instead:
And in whatever state a man be thrown,
'Tis that precisely they would wish their own.
In every mess I find a friend,
In every port a wife.
In every mess I find a friend,
In every port a wife.
A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife
A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife
