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Wife Quotes - Page 9

In many walks of life, a conscience is a more expensive encumbrance than a wife or a carriage.

Thomas De Quincey (1867). “Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. And analects from John Paul Richter ... New edition”, p.23

Caesar's wife must be above suspicion.

Oral tradition based on Plutarch 'Parallel Lives' 'Julius Caesar' ch. 10, sect. 9

You may have even an ex-wife or an ex-husband, but you can never have ex-children.

"George Foreman on Fatherhood". Interview with Scott Ross, www.cbn.com.

I've had three wives, six children and six grandchildren and I still don't understand women

John Wayne, Carol Lea Mueller (2007). “The Quotable John Wayne: The Grit and Wisdom of an American Icon”, p.24, Taylor Trade Publications

I have become a housewife and there is no better job.

"Talking dirty". www.theguardian.com. February 28, 2001.

I have known more men destroyed by the desire to have wife and child and to keep them in comfort than I have seen destroyed by drink and harlots.

William Butler Yeats (2010). “The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Vol. III: Autobiogra”, p.358, Simon and Schuster