Wife Quotes - Page 2

• Let us now set forth one of the fundamental truths about marriage: the wife is in charge.

  Bill Cosby

  Love, Family, Marriage

  Twitter post from Nov 04, 2009

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• A light wife doth make a heavy husband.

  William Shakespeare

  Marriage, Husband, Light

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 5, sc. 1, l. 129

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• If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.

  Thomas Fuller

  Daughter, Honesty, Father

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  A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Love, Relationship, Anniversary

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.32, BookBaby

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• Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.

  Francis Bacon

  Marriage, Wedding, Men

  'Essays' (1625) 'Of Marriage and the Single Life'

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• To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.

  Simone de Beauvoir

  Funny, Art, Jobs

  Simone de Beauvoir (1953). “The second sex”, Vintage

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• We have two kids, my wife and myself.

  Thelonious Monk

  Kids, Two, My Wife

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• I trust my wife more than I trust myself.

  Chris Paul

  Trust Myself, My Wife

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• I had not been married scarcely five minutes, and made one proclamation of the Gospel, before it was reported that I had seven wives.... I am innocent of all these charges.... What a thing it is for a man to be accused of committing adultery, and having seven wives, when I can only find one. I am the same man, and as innocent as I was fourteen years ago; and I can prove them all perjurers.

  Joseph Smith, Jr.

  Men, Years, Married

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• A man's wife has more power over him than the state has.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Marriage, Funny Love, Men

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Alfred R. Ferguson (1965). “Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume V: 1835-1838”, p.199, Harvard University Press

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• This is a way to kill a wife with kindness.

  William Shakespeare

  Marriage, Kindness, Way

  'The Taming Of The Shrew' (1592) act 4, sc. 1, l. [208]

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• When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife.

  Prince Philip

  Inspirational, Funny, Marriage

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.

  Michael Jordan

  Motivational, Basketball, Loyalty

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• Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave.

  Martin Luther

  Love, Marriage, Sorry

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• A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man.

  Lana Turner

  Funny, Success, Hilarious

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  A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers.

  Ruth Graham

  Love, Friendship, Relationship

  Ruth Bell Graham, Gigi Tchividjian (2009). “A Quiet Knowing”, p.42, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Beauty, Husband, Power

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.24, University of Georgia Press

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• Happy wife, happy life.

  Paul Orfalea

  Happy Life, Happy Wife

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• The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.

  Voltaire

  Inspirational, Husband, Delight

  "La Femme Qui a Raison,". Book by Voltaire, 1759.

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• An ideal wife is any woman who has an ideal husband.

  Booth Tarkington

  Inspirational, Marriage, Wedding

  1924 Looking Forward And Others, 'The Hopeful Pessimist'.

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  There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.

  Martin Luther

  Love, Friendship, Relationship

  "Table Talk" by Martin Luther, (p. 292), 1569.

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• When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.

  Sacha Guitry

  Inspirational, Funny, Marriage

  "Book of Humorous Quotations" edited by Connie Robertson, (p. 83), 1998.

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• Teacher, tender comrade, wife, A fellow-farer true through life.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Love, Teacher, Comrade

  Robert Louis Stevenson (2014). “Songs of Travel: And Other Verses”, p.37, The Floating Press

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  The legal theory is, that marriage makes the husband and wife one person, and that person is the husband.

  Lucretia Mott

  Husband, Theory, Persons

  "Discourse onWoman" (1849)

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• The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes.

  Oscar Wilde

  Beautiful, Husband, Fear

  Oscar Wilde (2015). “The Picture of Dorian Gray (with an Essay by Jules Barbey D'Aurevilly)”, p.113, Mondial

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