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He followed in his father's footsteps, but his gait was somewhat erratic.
He followed in his father's footsteps, but his gait was somewhat erratic.
Behind every successful man is a surprised woman.
Behind every successful man is a surprised woman.
When a man brings his wife flowers for no reason, there's a reason.
When a man brings his wife flowers for no reason, there's a reason.
Now voe me I can zing on my business abrode:
Though the storm do beat down on my poll,
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Now voe me I can zing on my business abrode:
Though the storm do beat down on my poll,
There's a wife brighten'd vire at the end of my road,
An' her love, voe the jay o' my soul.
Marriage is a great institution, but who wants to live in an institution?
Marriage is a great institution, but who wants to live in an institution?
Men have a much better time of it than women: for one thing they marry later, for another thing they read more
Men have a much better time of it than women: for one thing they marry later, for another thing they die earlier.
The world men inhabit is rather bleak. It is a world full of doubt and confusion, where vulnerability must be read more
The world men inhabit is rather bleak. It is a world full of doubt and confusion, where vulnerability must be hidden, not shared; where competition, not co-operation, is the order of the day; where men sacrifice the possibility of knowing their own children and sharing in their upbringing, for the sake of a job they may have chosen by chance, which may not suit them and which in many cases dominates their lives to the exclusion of much else.
If I were a girl, I'd despair. The supply of good women far exceeds that of the men who deserve read more
If I were a girl, I'd despair. The supply of good women far exceeds that of the men who deserve them.
I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is; I only know that people call me read more
I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is; I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat. -Rebecca West.