The majority of persons choose their wives with as little prudence as they eat. They see a troll with nothing else to recommend her but a pair of thighs and choice hunkers, and so smart to void their seed that they marry her at once. They imagine they can live in marvelous contentment with handsome feet and ambrosial buttocks. Most men are accredited fools shortly after they leave the womb.
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In matrimony, to hesitate is sometimes to be saved.
In matrimony, to hesitate is sometimes to be saved.
When women go wrong, men go right after them. -Mae West.
When women go wrong, men go right after them. -Mae West.
In this society, the norm of masculinity is phallic aggression. Male sexuality is, by definition, intensely and rigidly phallic. A read more
In this society, the norm of masculinity is phallic aggression. Male sexuality is, by definition, intensely and rigidly phallic. A man's identity is located in his conception of himself as the possessor of a phallus; a man's worth is located in his pride in phallic identity. The main characteristic of phallic identity is that worth is entirely contingent on the possession of a phallus. Since men have no other criteria for worth, no other notion of identity, those who do not have phalluses are not recognized as fully human.
To keep your marriage brimming, with love in the wedding cup, whenever you're wrong, admit it; whenever you're right, shut read more
To keep your marriage brimming, with love in the wedding cup, whenever you're wrong, admit it; whenever you're right, shut up.
The society of women is the element of good manners.
The society of women is the element of good manners.
No woman marries for money; they are all clever enough, before marrying a millionaire, to fall in love with him read more
No woman marries for money; they are all clever enough, before marrying a millionaire, to fall in love with him first.
The striking point about our model family is not simply the compete-compete, consume-consume style of life it urges us to read more
The striking point about our model family is not simply the compete-compete, consume-consume style of life it urges us to follow. The striking point, in the face of all the propaganda, is how few Americans actually live this way.
I've sometimes thought of marrying, and then I've thought again.
I've sometimes thought of marrying, and then I've thought again.
Compromise: An amiable arrangement between husband and wife whereby they agree to let her have her own way.
Compromise: An amiable arrangement between husband and wife whereby they agree to let her have her own way.
