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The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.


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THE BIBLE The wife carries the husband on her face; the husband carries the wife on his clothes.
VIKRANT PARSAI A smart husband buys his wife very fine china so she won't trust him to wash it.
UNKNOWN She is a wife who is the soul of her husband.
HITOPADESA A friend never defends a husband who gets his wife an electric skillet for her birthday.
ERMA BOMBECK He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
UNKNOWN A perfect wife is one who helps her husband with the dishes.
SOURCE UNKNOWN It's a wise husband who will buy his wife such fine china that she won't trust him to wash the dishe...
HONORE DE BALZAC An ideal wife is any woman who has an ideal husband
BOOTH TARKINGTON An ideal wife is any woman who has an ideal husband.
BOOTH TARKINGTON The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesn’t say.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK A man who thinks he is smarter than his wife, has a very smart wife!
UNKNOWN That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage against her will.
UNKNOWN Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the so...
SAMUEL JOHNSON A husband who submits to his wife's yoke is justly held an object of ridicule. A woman's inf...
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J C A ROWE Since you are so well matched, and so much alike - a very bad wife, and a very bad husband - I wonde...
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UNKNOWN In a happy marriage it is the wife who provides the climate, the husband the landscape.
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VIKRANT PARSAI I loved my husband very much, and it was heartbreaking to have him develop Alzheimer's disease, ...
SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR I loved my husband very much, and it was heartbreaking to have him develop Alzheimer's disease, ...
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PARUL AGRAWAL Marital Freedom: The liberty that allows a husband to do exactly that which his wife pleases.
SOURCE UNKNOWN Marital Freedom: The liberty that allows a husband to do exactly that which his wife pleases.
ANONYMOUS A foolproof formula to keep married life intact is to undeniably accept that a husband has to always...
ANUJ SOMANY And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: /...
BIBLE If every man would make his prime concern the comfort and well-being of his wife and every wife make...
GORDON B. HINCKLEY The new movie I'm working on right now is very autobiographical. It's about a television actor who d...
ANDY DICK Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
BIBLE When a man retires, his wife gets twice the husband but only half the income.
CHI CHI RODRIGUEZ The man that keeps his wife lonely too long comes home to an unpleasant surprise for the rest of his...
NERISSA IRVING The only thing that holds a marriage together is the husband being big enough to keep his mouth shut...
ARCHIE BUNKER There are two kinds of marriages -- where the husband quotes the wife and where the wife quotes the ...
CLIFFORD ODETS The bitterest creature under heaven is the wife who discovers that her husband's bravery is only...
PEARL S. BUCK The woman who cannot tell a lie in defense of her husband is unworthy of the name of wife.
ELBERT HUBBARD He's the one who decides how he'll greet his guests.
JACK LANG If the wife sins, the husband is not innocent.
ITALIAN PROVERB My father suffered much and toiled painfully all his life, for he had no resources other than the pr...
ALBRECHT DURER He who is loyal to his wife lives own life like a true royal and intelligent, but she loves to rule ...
ANUJ SOMANY Can the believing husband in Heaven be happy with his unbelieving wife in Hell? Can the believing f...
JONATHAN EDWARDS Can the believing husband in Heaven be happy with his unbelieving wife in Hell? Can the believing fa...
JONATHAN EDWARDS Wherever the citizen becomes indifferent to his fellows, so will the husband be to his wife, and the...
KARL WILHELM VON HUMBOLDT Wherever the citizen becomes indifferent to his fellows, so will the husband be to his wife, and the...
WILHELM VON HUMBOLDT He who speaks too much often thinks very little.
OMA MILLIE A man will teach his wife what is needed to arouse his desires. And there is no reason for a woman t...
BARBARA CARTLAND There is a sort of man who pays no attention to his good actions, but is tormented by his bad ones. ...
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM They alone are sons who are devoted to their father. He is a father who supports his sons. He is a f...
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JUDITH VIORST But nothing is more estimable than a physician who, having studied nature from his youth, knows the...
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JOHN H. PATTERSON The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT It was very much a surprise,
ANN BEATTIE Bear with me as a father to his son, as a friend to a friend, and as a husband to his wife, O Lord.
BHAGAVAD GITA A husband and wife who have separate bedrooms have either drifted apart or found happiness
HONORE DE BALZAC There is perhaps no one who gives so much pain to a man but a woman who enters in his life as girlfr...
ANUJ SOMANY When a bookworm finally decides to leave the house, perhaps to explore some literary destination in ...
JOYCE RACHELLE An executive is a person who always decides; sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.
JOHN H. PATTERSON An executive is a person who always decides sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.
JOHN H. PATTERSON Surprise me! Yogi's reply when he was asked by his wife, Carmen, where he would like to be buried
YOGI BERRA Who teacheth often learns himself.
UNKNOWN A boy with his girlfriend or a husband with his wife can be happy forever in their locked relationsh...
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L.M. MONTGOMERY A marriage license should not be viewed as a license for a husband to forcibly rape his wife with im...
SOL WACHTLER I've met men who have been married 19, 20 years, and all of a sudden the wife decides one day sh...
MALCOLM-JAMAL WARNER A husband should not insult his wife publicly, at parties. He should insult her in the privacy of th...
JAMES THURBER ...but doth not the person who expends vast sums in the furniture of his house or the ornaments of h...
HENRY FIELDING In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
GEORGE HERBERT We were an ill-matched pair, my husband and I, from the very outset; he, with very high ideas of a h...
ANNIE BESANT Whilst I'm pleased to say that Phil has made a very good recovery and is very much on the mend, he h...
JOHN DAVIES I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."N. B.: This quote...
S. G. TALLENTYRE [Defenders say she can easily navigate from past to future.] I would quote her husband who often sai...
HAROLD ICKES The only time a wife listens to her husband is when he's asleep.
CHUCK JONES Unhappy Husband + Unhappy Wife = Unhappy Life
LORRIN L. LEE Happy Husband + Happy Wife = Happy Life
LORRIN L. LEE Home is a kingdom, Husband is the king, and the Wife is the Prime-minister.
M ANSSARY He that displays too often his wife and his wallet is in danger of having both of them borrowed.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN He that displays too often his wife and his wallet is in danger of having both of them borrowed
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN No form letters are sent out from this office. No husband was ever Section Three, Paragraph II-a, to...
ANNA ROSENBERG HOFFMAN The wife who always insists on the last word often has it.
KENNETH HUTCHIN This is a cop. A person who protects and serve himself and that's his job. He lost a wife. He lost a...
FERRIS WEBBY A diplomatic husband said to his wife, "How do you expect me to remember your birthday when you neve...
UNKNOWN A wife’s advice is not worth much, but woe to the husband who refuses to take it.
VIKRANT PARSAI A good wife is someone who thinks she has done everything right: raising the kids, being there for t...
JULIANNA MARGULIES Seeing that he owns absolutely nothing to ‘repay’ his debt, ‘his own consciousness’ of the f...
SYED MUHAMMAD NAQUIB AL-ATTAS Husband and wife come to look alike at last
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES I'm very surprised, very much. I had no idea about the quantity.
WES SMITH I've never yet met a man who could look after me. I don't need a husband. What I need is a wife.
JOAN COLLINS Students who haven't budgeted for this are going to be in for a surprise. And we don't want students...
JOE GOLDBERG This man is a dedicated husband, he is dedicated to his wife, he is dedicated to his daughters, ... ...
ROSS PEROT Surprise me. [Answering his wife Carmen to the question: If you go before I do, where would you like...
YOGI BERRA I know one husband and wife who, whatever the official reasons given to the court for the break up o...
VERA BRITTAIN If you marry a man who cheats on his wife, you'll be married to a man who cheats on his wife.
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