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In every mess I find a friend,
In every port a wife.
In every mess I find a friend,
In every port a wife.
Wives are people who feel they don't dance enough
Wives are people who feel they don't dance enough
She would rather be an old man's darling than a young man's
warling.
She would rather be an old man's darling than a young man's
warling.
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.
A good wife makes a good husband
A good wife makes a good husband
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.
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.
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions
of a wife are a continual dropping.
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions
of a wife are a continual dropping.
In thy face have I seen the eternal.
In thy face have I seen the eternal.
