Henry v Quote by Will Cuppy

In Biblical times, a man could have as many wives as he could afford. Just like today.

— Abigail Van Buren

“It was quite normal in that day for a man to use up three or four wives in a normal lifetime.”

— John Steinbeck

Since all the maids are good and lovable, from whence come the bad wives?

— Charles Lamb

Contrary to popular belief, Henry VIII did not divorce any of his wives. He had sought an annulment from Catherine of Aragon - which…

— Amanda Foreman

But there were women in the world, and from them each of our heroes had taken to himself a wife. The good ladies were…

— Augustus Baldwin Longstreet

It is a shame to keep so many wives

— Pradeepkumardevi

“It was a situation which fostered inbreeding; in fact, the very foundation of the Tudor dynasty was a marriage between cousins two generations before…

— Charles River Editors

If I were obliged to marry all those with whom I have jested, I should have at least two hundred wives.

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

“The counts of Anjou and their lovely, but wicked wives gained such an unsavory reputation over the centuries that the people of England were…

— Thomas B. Costain

Poor maids have more lovers than husbands.

— John Webster

Two wives? That exceeds the custom.

— Moliere

I was extremely lucky that I had two great wives. It sounds a bit funny to say that, but it's absolutely true.

— Edmund Hillary