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Wives are young men's mistresses; companions for middle age; and
old men's nurses.
Wives are young men's mistresses; companions for middle age; and
old men's nurses.
It was a wife's duty to be interested in whatever interested her husband, whether it was politics, books, or a read more
It was a wife's duty to be interested in whatever interested her husband, whether it was politics, books, or a particular dish for dinner.
Were such the wife had fallen to my part,
I'd break her spirit, or I'd break her heart.
Were such the wife had fallen to my part,
I'd break her spirit, or I'd break her heart.
The wife was pretty, trifling, childish, weak;
She could not think, but would not cease to speak.
The wife was pretty, trifling, childish, weak;
She could not think, but would not cease to speak.
He knows little who will tell his wife all he knows.
He knows little who will tell his wife all he knows.
Try praising your wife, even if it does frighten her at first
Try praising your wife, even if it does frighten her at first
Be thou the rainbow to the storms of life!
The evening beam that smiles the clouds away,
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Be thou the rainbow to the storms of life!
The evening beam that smiles the clouds away,
And tints to-morrow with prophetic ray!
If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.
If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.
Thy wife is a constellation of virtues; she's the moon, and thou
art the man in the moon.
Thy wife is a constellation of virtues; she's the moon, and thou
art the man in the moon.