Alexander Pope Quotes about Husband

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A man who admires a fine woman, has yet not more reason to wish himself her husband, than one who admired the Hesperian fruit, would have had to wish himself the dragon that kept it.

A man who admires a fine woman, has yet not more reason to wish himself her husband, than one who admired the Hesperian fruit, would have had to wish himself the dragon that kept it.

Alexander Pope

Husband, Women, Dragons

Alexander Pope, William Roscoe (1824). “The Works of Alexander Pope: Esq. with Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others. To which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks”, p.314

Chaste to her husband, frank to all beside, A teeming mistress, but a barren bride.

Alexander Pope

Husband, Mistress, Barren

Epistles to Several Persons "To a Lady" l. 71 (1735)

No louder shrieks to pitying heaven are cast, When husbands or lap-dogs breathe their last.

Alexander Pope

Dog, Husband, Loss

Alexander Pope (2002). “Alexander Pope: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.76, Routledge

She who ne'er answers till a husband cools, Or, if she rules him, never shows she rules; Charms by accepting, by submitting, sways, Yet has her humor most, when she obeys.

Alexander Pope

Husband, Answers, Accepting

Alexander Pope (1836). “The Poetical Works of A. Pope: Including His Translation of Homer , to which is Prefixed the Life of the Author”, p.117