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The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old read more
The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.
They talk about a woman's sphere, as though it had a limit. There's not a place in earth or heaven. read more
They talk about a woman's sphere, as though it had a limit. There's not a place in earth or heaven. There's not a task to mankind given... without a woman in it.
Women marry men hoping they will change. Men marry women hoping they will not. So each is inevitably disappointed.
Women marry men hoping they will change. Men marry women hoping they will not. So each is inevitably disappointed.
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.
A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is one who hopes they are.
A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is one who hopes they are.
Just as women are afraid of receiving, men are afraid of giving.
Just as women are afraid of receiving, men are afraid of giving.
Other things may change us, but we start and end with family.
Other things may change us, but we start and end with family.
If variety is the spice of life, marriage is the big can of leftover Spam.
If variety is the spice of life, marriage is the big can of leftover Spam.
The person who can be only serious or only cheerful, is but half a man.
The person who can be only serious or only cheerful, is but half a man.
