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Wife Quotes - Page 55

Never take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in.

Benjamin Franklin (1987). “Poor Richard's Almanack: Being the Choicest Morsels of Wisdom, Written During the Years of the Almanack's Publication”, p.33, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

A little House well fill'd, a little Field well till'd, and a little Wife well will'd, are great Riches.

Benjamin Franklin (2007). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.10, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife?

Benjamin Franklin (2007). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.39, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

I know not which lives more unnatural lives, obeying husbands, or commanding wives.

Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.19, Barnes & Noble Publishing

Don't you know, that all wives are in the right? It may be you don't, for you are yet a young husband.

Benjamin Franklin, E. Sargent (1855). “The select works of Benjamin Franklin”, p.406

The fact that my 15 minutes of fame has extended a little longer than 15 minutes is somewhat surprising to me, and a matter of bewilderment for my wife.

"'Run Obama! Run!' Could this be the next US president?" by Ed Pilkington, www.theguardian.com. December 11, 2006.

It is not monogamy when there is one legal wife, and mistresses out of sight.

"Cultural and Religious Heritage of India: Islam". Book by Suresh K. Sharma, Usha Sharm, 2004.

UXORIOUSNESS, n. A perverted affection that has strayed to one's own wife.

Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.229, 谷月社

As a group, housewives to-day suffer more from social isolation and loss of purpose than any other social group, except, perhaps, the old.

Alva Myrdal, Viola Klein (2003). “Women's Two Roles: Home and Work”, p.191, Psychology Press

As the husband is the wife is; thou art mated with a clown, As the grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down.

Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Baron, Alfred Lord Tennyson (2014). “Fifty Poems”, p.115, Cambridge University Press