"One good husband is worth two good wives,……" — Benjamin Franklin
"One good husband is worth two good wives, for the scarcer things are, the more they are valued."
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Benjamin Franklin
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1,166 Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin has 1,166 quotes on this site.
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The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.
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Who has deceived thee as oft as thyself.
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[E]very Man who comes among us, and takes up a piece of Land, becomes a Citizen, and by our Constitution…
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It is very hard to dislike someone you have helped
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I have been apt to think that there has never been, nor ever will be, any such thing as a…
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Tis a common observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for…
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Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants.
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Work while it is called today, for you know not how much you may be hindered tomorrow. One today is…
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It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth part.
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True love stories never have endings.
— Richard Bach
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Our soulmate is the one who makes life come to life.
— Richard Bach
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One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul.
— Honore de Balzac
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So I think you have to marry for the right reasons, and marry the right person.
— Anne Bancroft
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'Easter' is a movable event, calculated by the relative positions of sun and moon, an impossible way of fixing year…
— Annie Besant
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Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in…
— Ambrose Bierce
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Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on…
— Josh Billings
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Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.
— Emily Bronte
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You were made perfectly to be loved - and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my…
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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Grow old with me! The best is yet to be.
— Robert Browning
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A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express…
— Pearl S. Buck
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When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship.
— Joseph Campbell
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