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Husband Quotes by H. L. Mencken
- Once a woman passes a certain point in intelligence, it is almost impossible to get a husband: she simply cannot go on listening [to men]…
- The way to hold a husband is to keep him a little jealous; the way to lose him is to keep him a little more…
- A wealthy man is one who earns $100 a year more than his wife's sister's husband.
- Life may not be exactly pleasant, but it is at least not dull. Heave yourself into Hell today, and you may miss, tomorrow or next…
- When a husband's story is believed, he begins to suspect his wife.
- The double standard of morality will survive in this world so long as the woman whose husband has been lured away is favoured with the…
- Wealth - any income that is at least one hundred dollars more a year than the income of one's wife's sister's husband.
- Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at a coroner's inquest.
- Strike an average between what a woman thinks of her husband a month before she marries him and what she thinks of him a year…
- If women believed in their husbands they would be a good deal happier and also a good deal more foolish.
- Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient.
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- It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a… — Jane Austen
- Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain. — Jane Austen
- My husband and I had five biological children but we also have been raising 23 foster children. — Michele Bachmann
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- I'm not only a lawyer, I have a post doctorate degree in federal tax law from William and Mary. I work in… — Michele Bachmann
- Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could. — Abigail Adams
- A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning. — Honore de Balzac
- A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way. — Honore de Balzac
- The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin. — Honore de Balzac