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> [Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children, and no theories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilmot/before-i-got-married-i-had-six-theories-about-bringing-up-children/)

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> [“Before I got married I had six theories about raising children; now, I have six children and no theories.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilmot/before-i-got-married-i-had-six-theories-about-raising-children-now-i/)

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> [Before I married, I had three theories about raising children and no children. Now, I have three children and no theories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilmot/before-i-married-i-had-three-theories-about-raising-children-and-no/)

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## More by John Wilmot

> [“BOLLOXIMIAN: My pleasures for new cunts I will uphold, And have reserves of kindness for the old. I grant in absence dildo may be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilmot/bolloximian-my-pleasures-for-new-cunts-i-will-uphold-and-have/)

[John Wilmot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wilmot/)

> [For Hell and the foul fiend that rules God's everlasting fiery jails (Devised by rogues, dreaded by fools), With his grim, grisly dog that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilmot/for-hell-and-the-foul-fiend-that-rules-god-s-everlasting-fiery-jails/)

[John Wilmot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wilmot/)

> [He never said a foolish thing nor never did a wise one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilmot/he-never-said-a-foolish-thing-nor-never-did-a-wise-one/)

[John Wilmot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wilmot/)

> [Love, the most generous passion of the mind The softest refuge innocence can find](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilmot/love-the-most-generous-passion-of-the-mind-the-softest-refuge/)

[John Wilmot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wilmot/)

> [God bless our good and gracious King, Whose promise none relies on; Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilmot/god-bless-our-good-and-gracious-king-whose-promise-none-relies-on-who/)

[John Wilmot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wilmot/)

> [Nothing suits worse with vice than want of sense](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilmot/nothing-suits-worse-with-vice-than-want-of-sense/)

[John Wilmot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wilmot/)

> [“This signior is sound, safe, ready, and dumb As ever was candle, carrot, or thumb; Then away with these nasty devices, and show How…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilmot/this-signior-is-sound-safe-ready-and-dumb-as-ever-was-candle-carrot/)

[John Wilmot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wilmot/)

> [Natural freedoms are but just: There's something generous in mere lust.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilmot/natural-freedoms-are-but-just-there-s-something-generous-in-mere-lust/)

[John Wilmot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wilmot/)

> [I'd be a dog, a monkey, or a bear, or anything but that vain animal who is so proud of being rational.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilmot/i-d-be-a-dog-a-monkey-or-a-bear-or-anything-but-that-vain-animal-who/)

[John Wilmot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wilmot/)

> [Love's chemistry thrives best in equal heat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilmot/love-s-chemistry-thrives-best-in-equal-heat/)

[John Wilmot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wilmot/)

> [Tis a meaner part of sense to find a fault than taste an excellence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilmot/tis-a-meaner-part-of-sense-to-find-a-fault-than-taste-an-excellence/)

[John Wilmot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wilmot/)

> [Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children, and no theories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilmot/before-i-got-married-i-had-six-theories-about-bringing-up-children/)

[John Wilmot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wilmot/)

> [The clog of all pleasure, the luggage of life, is the best can be said for a very good wife.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilmot/the-clog-of-all-pleasure-the-luggage-of-life-is-the-best-can-be-said/)

[John Wilmot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wilmot/)

> [“Before I got married I had six theories about raising children; now, I have six children and no theories.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilmot/before-i-got-married-i-had-six-theories-about-raising-children-now-i/)

[John Wilmot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wilmot/)

> [E'en her fair hand, which might bid heat return To Frozen age, and make old hermits burn, Applied to my dead cinder, warms no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilmot/e-en-her-fair-hand-which-might-bid-heat-return-to-frozen-age-and-make/)

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