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“It is most important in this world to be pushing, but it is fatal to seem so.”

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Benjamin Jowett was a renowned British scholar and educator, born on April 15, 1817, and died on October 1, 1893. He served as a tutor at Oxford University, where he had a profound impact on British education and academia. more

“The truth is despite the hard work and juggling required to keep the different facets of the frantic life afloat, the "superwoman"has one marvelous compensation. Being busy and being seen to be busy lets you off the hook. Buys you a way out of all aspects of your many roles you secretly despiselike cleaning cupboardsor entertaining your husband's business friends. When you combine wife, mother, career and all, each role become the perfect excuse for avoiding the worst aspects of the other.”

“Traditionally, marriage involved a kind of bartering, rather than mutual inter-dependence or role sharing. Husbands financially and economically supported wives, while wives emotionally, psychologically and socially supported husbands. He brought home the bacon, she cooked it. He fixed the plumbing, she the psyche.”

Kind Home Roles Wife Involved Husband Fixed Mutual Dependence Plumbing Bartering

Author:Bettina Arndt

“The good husbands understand and offer to help. "All you have to do is ask" they say. But even helpful husbands have to be thanked, their contributions acknowledged, credit given. All those pleases and thank yous. Being grateful takes time and energy. It's often easier to do it yourself.”

Helping Asks Energy Given Easier Please Offers Husband Grateful Credit Contribution Helpful Take Time Be Grateful Time And Energy Do It Yourself Good Husband

Author:Bettina Arndt

“There was the murdered corpse, in covert laid, And violent death in thousand shapes displayed; The city to the soldier's rage resigned; Successless wars, and poverty behind; Ships burnt in fight, or forced on rocky shores, And the rash hunter strangled by the boars; The newborn babe by nurses overlaid; And the cook caught within the raging fire he made.”

Made War Death Fighting Cities Behinds Poverty Fire Thousand Shapes Murder Soldier Caught Rage Violent Ships Cooks Shore Nurse Hunters Corpses Babe Newborn Resigned Covert Violent Death Boars

Book:Palamon and Arcite

Source: Palamon and Arcite

“Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.”

Men Rich Wise Adversity

Book:A complete collection of English proverbs: also, the most celebrated proverbs of the Scotch, Italian, French, Spanish, and other languages

Source: A complete collection of English proverbs: also, the most celebrated proverbs of the Scotch, Italian, French, Spanish, and other languages

“Manners make often fortunes.”

Fortune Manners

Book:A compleat Collection of English Proverbs, also the most Celebrated Proverbs of the Scotch, Italian, French, Spanish and other Languages

Source: A compleat Collection of English Proverbs, also the most Celebrated Proverbs of the Scotch, Italian, French, Spanish and other Languages

“Money was made for the free-hearted and generous.”

Made Money Generous Hearted

Author:John Ray

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