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There is trouble with a wife, but it's even worse with a woman who is not a wife
There is trouble with a wife, but it's even worse with a woman who is not a wife
In every mess I find a friend,
In every port a wife.
In every mess I find a friend,
In every port a wife.
She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the
bread of idleness.
She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the
bread of idleness.
When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl -- and look at the ailing, aching state a young read more
When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl -- and look at the ailing, aching state a young wife generally is doomed to -- which you can't deny is the penalty of marriage.
It's my girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to
it before her. Discipline must read more
It's my girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to
it before her. Discipline must be maintained.
A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife
A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife
In thy face have I seen the eternal.
In thy face have I seen the eternal.
She (his wife) is the wind beneath my wings.
She (his wife) is the wind beneath my wings.
Were such the wife had fallen to my part,
I'd break her spirit, or I'd break her heart.
Were such the wife had fallen to my part,
I'd break her spirit, or I'd break her heart.
