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“Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so much attention that a husband and wife, concentrating on their children, fail to notice each other's faults.”

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Author:Richard Armour

“Ladies are always of great use to the party they espouse, and never fail to win over numbers to it. Lovers, according to Sir William Petty's computation, make at least the third part of sensible men of the British nation; and it has been an uncontroverted maxim in all ages, that though a husband is sometimes a stubborn sort of a creature, a lover is always at the devotion of his mistress. By this means, it lies in the power of every fine woman, to secure at least half a dozen able-bodied men to his Majesty's service.”

Source: The Freeholder. Swift's notes on the Free-holder. The Plebian, by Sir Richard Steele, with The Old whig, by Mr. Addison. The Lover

“Far too many husbands fail to recognize that what your wife wants and needs most from you is your concern for her soul.”

Want Needs Soul Wife Failing Husband Concern Wants And Needs

Book:Moments With You: Daily Connections for Couples

Source: Moments With You: Daily Connections for Couples

“I think the major role of the First Lady is to take care of the President so that he can best serve the people. And not to fail her family, her husband, and children.”

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Author:Jackie Kennedy

“Somehow we've even developed the notion that a woman who seeks to meet her husband's needs is subservient (but a husband who fails to meet his wife's needs is a pig.)”

Needs Wife Failing Husband Notion Pigs Subservient

Book:Woman Power: Transform Your Man, Your Marriage, Your Life

Source: Woman Power: Transform Your Man, Your Marriage, Your Life

“To me, the housewife who puts her teacups unwashed in the sink because her husband won't wash them, is political. Every act is political: the things you do, as well as the things you omit doing; the things you refuse to do; the things you fail to do; the things you say, as well as the things you don't say.”

Wells Political Failing Husband Refuse Housewife

Author:Ronee Blakley