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A man does not buy his wife a fur coat to keep her warm, but to keep her pleasant.

— Seymour Hicks

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No man knows more about women than I do, and I know nothing!

You will recognize, my boy, the first sign of age: it is when you go out into the streets of London and realize for the first time how young the policemen look.

C. R. D. Pulling They Were Singing (1952)

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The confusion of marriage with morality has done more to destroy the conscience of the human race than any other single error.

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Men marry because they are tired; women because they are curious. Both are disappointed.

Oscar Wilde A Woman of No Importance (1893)

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.

Samuel Johnson

The best way to worship God is to love your wife.

Victor Hugo Les Misérables (1862)

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