Amount Quote by Elbert Hubbard

In the rush of complex modern living, we have a tendency to laugh at the 'bring-Papa-his-pipe-and-slippers' approach to marriage - but most men are…

— Arlene Dahl

“Before marriage it is their business to please men; and after, with a few exceptions, they follow the same scent, with all the persevering…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

how lacking in intuition men could be in persuading themselves that mending some stranger's socks, and attending to his comfort, could content a woman...

— Daphne du Maurier

A marriage is a solemn affair. The tempest of emotions and the myriad of arrangements are giddying, and when one is faced with these,…

— Daphne Guinness

“One of the most powerful ways that our shame triggers get reinforced is when we enter into a social contract based on these gender…

— Brené Brown

Men first feel necessity, then look for utility, next attend to comfort, still later amuse themselves with pleasure, thence grow dissolute in luxury, and…

— Giambattista Vico

How men hate waiting while their wives shop for clothes and trinkets; how women hate waiting, often for much of their lives, while their…

— Anonymous

Some husbands regard it as their prerogative to compel their wives to fit their standards of what they think to be the ideal.

— Gordon B. Hinckley

“We’re being misled and misinformed by an unfounded yet constantly repeated mantra about the naturalness of wedded bliss, female sexual reticence, and happily-ever-after sexual…

— Christopher Ryan

“If you go into marriage expecting your spouse to satisfy your every need and complement you perfectly, you will be sorely disappointed. If you…

— Stephen Altrogge

The conduct of men depends upon the temperament, not upon a bunch of musty maxims.

— Benjamin Disraeli