“That girls should not marry for money we are all agreed. A lady who can sell herself for a title or an estate, for an income or aset of family diamonds, treats herself as a farmer treats his sheep and oxen--makes hardly more of herself, of her own inner self, in which are comprised a mind and soul, than the poor wretch of her own sex who earns her bread in the lowest state of degradation.” ShouldMindSoulSelfStatesGirlSexPoorMoneyMarriageTreatsSellsIncomeBreadTitlesFarmersSheepDiamondEstatesLowestInner SelfDegradationThat GirlOxen Book:Framley parsonage Source: Framley parsonage
“A woman who loves her husband is merely paying her bills. A woman who loves her lover gives alms to the poor.” GivingPoorMarriageWifeLoversHusbandBillsAlms Author:Paul-Jean Toulet
“I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness.” PeopleThinkingHappinessPoorMarriageToo MuchLotteryDoubtfulMarry Me Author:Queen Victoria
“Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. Many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkers. The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.” PeopleThinkingWayPoorMarriageCarIntelligentAverageIntelligenceDrivenThinkerHighly Intelligent Author:Edward de Bono
“You have not looked at the poor woman for years, for the simple reason that marriage makes things so certain. Marriage makes things so dead and dull. Marriage takes all surprise and wonder away. Marriage makes you take your wife for granted, your husband for granted. What is the need to look at your wife? She will be there tomorrow and the day after tomorrow and forever. You look at people when you know you may not be able to look at them again. Marriage kills; it makes something tremendously beautiful very ugly.” PeopleKnowsNeedsYearsLooksMayReasonAbleBeautifulCertainSimplePoorWonderMarriageForeverWifeTomorrowHusbandSurpriseUglyGrantedDullYour Husband Author:Rajneesh
“Strange to say what delight we married people have to see these poor fools decoyed into our condition.” PeopleLoveFunnyPoorMarriageConditionsStrangeFoolMarriedDelightWeddingCynical Love Author:Samuel Pepys
“You need only do three things in this country to avoid poverty - finish high school, marry before having a child, and marry after the age of 20. Only 8 percent of the families who do this are poor; 79 percent of those who fail to do this are poor.” NeedsChildrenCountryAgeSchoolThreePoorMarriagePovertyFailingPercentHigh SchoolWeddingThree ThingsAge Of 20 Author:William Galston
“But, alas! what poor Woman is ever taught that she should have a higher Design than to get her a Husband?” ShouldPoorMarriageDesignTaughtHigherHusbandShould HaveAlas Book:Astell: Political Writings Source: Astell: Political Writings
“To marry a man out of pity is folly; and, if you think you are going to influence the kind of fellow who has never had a chance, poor devil, you are profoundly mistaken. One can only influence the strong characters in life, not the weak; and it is the height of vanity to suppose that you can make an honest man of anyone.” IfsThinkingMenKindCharacterStrongChancePoorMarriageInfluenceHonestDevilWeakFellowsPityVanityHeightFollyMistakenHonest ManStrong Character Book:The Autobiography of Margot Asquith Source: The Autobiography of Margot Asquith