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    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.

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My fond affection thou hast seen,
Then judge of my regret
To think more happy thou hadst read more

My fond affection thou hast seen,
Then judge of my regret
To think more happy thou hadst been
If we had never met!
And has that thought been shared by thee?
Ah, no! that smiling cheek
Proves more unchanging love for me
Than labor'd words could speak.

by Thomas Haynes Bayly Found in: Wives Quotes,
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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.

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She is a winsome wee thing,
She is a handsome wee thing,
She is a bonny wee read more

She is a winsome wee thing,
She is a handsome wee thing,
She is a bonny wee thing,
This sweet wee wife o' mine.

by Robert Burns Found in: Wives Quotes,
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Flesh of thy flesh, nor yet bone of thy bone.

Flesh of thy flesh, nor yet bone of thy bone.

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It's my girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to
it before her. Discipline must read more

It's my girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to
it before her. Discipline must be maintained.

by Charles Dickens Found in: Wives Quotes,
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He knows little who will tell his wife all he knows.

He knows little who will tell his wife all he knows.

by Thomas Fuller Found in: Wives Quotes,
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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?

by William Cowper Found in: Wives Quotes,
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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.

by William Congreve Found in: Wives Quotes,
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Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise them.

Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise them.

by Dick Van Dyke Found in: Wives Quotes,
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