“In lower circles it is customary to call your wife your mother; in somewhat superior circles it is the fashion to speak of her as 'the wife' as you speak of 'the Stock Exchange' or 'the Thames', without claiming any peculiar property. Instinctively men are ashamed of being moral and domesticated.”
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Israel Zangwill was a British humorist born on January 21, 1864, and died on August 1, 1926. Known for his wit and satire, his works had a profound impact on British literature during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. more
“I come to wive it wealthily in Padua; if wealthily, then happily in Padua”
“Equality is a dream in a marriage where his sacrifices are expected, but hers are celebrated.”
“Selective modernism, Orthodoxical biasness.”