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Wife Quotes by Charles Dickens
- If an enthusiastic, ardent, and ambitous man marry a wife on whose name there is a stain, which, though it originate in no fault of…
- Accidents will occur in the best-regulated families; and in families not regulated by that pervading influence which sanctifies while it enhances... in short, by the…
- If Husain (as) had fought to quench his worldly desires…then I do not understand why his sister, wife, and children accompanied him. It stands to…
- That, they never could lay their heads upon their pillows; that, they could never tolerate the idea of their wives laying their heads upon their…
- It is a long time,' repeated his wife; 'and when is it not a long time? Vengeance and retribution require a long time; it is…
- You might, from your appearance, be the wife of Lucifer,” said Miss Pross, in her breathing. “Nevertheless, you shall not get the better of me.…
- If I may ride with you, Citizen Evremonde, will you let me hold your hand? I am not afraid, but I am little and weak,…
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- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale
- Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so… — Richard Armour
- I prefer the word 'homemaker' because 'housewife' always implies that there may be a wife someplace else. — Bella Abzug
- Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with another man's wife, but if it is… — Saint Augustine
- 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
- Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses. — Francis Bacon
- He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or… — Francis Bacon
- In everyday life, my wife is the most wonderful. We're in love with each other beyond belief. — Christian Bale
- A young bride is like a plucked flower; but a guilty wife is like a flower that had been walked over. — Honore de Balzac
- A husband who submits to his wife's yoke is justly held an object of ridicule. A woman's influence ought to be entirely… — Honore de Balzac
- I am a quick study - I can memorize a script in an hour - but I can't remember a name three… — Don Adams