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Quotes about Wives


In his old lunes again. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act iv. Sc. 2.

William Shakespeare

So curses all Eve's daughters, of what complexion soever. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act iv. Sc. 2.

William Shakespeare

This is the third time; I hope good luck lies in odd numbers…. There is divinity in odd numbers, either in nativity, chance, or death. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act v. Sc. 1.

William Shakespeare

Men are April when they woo, December when they wed: maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives. -As You Like It. Act iv. Sc. 1.

William Shakespeare

You can make a lot of money in this game. Just ask my ex-wives. Both of them are so rich that neither of their husbands work.

Lee Trevino

All the fat guys watch me and say to their wives, 'See, there's a fat guy doing okay. Bring me another beer.'

Mickey Lolich

Good housewives all the winter's rage despise, Defended by the riding-hood's disguise; Or, underneath the umbrella's oily shade, Safe through the wet on clinking pattens tread, Let Persian dames the unbrella's ribs display, To guard their beauties from the sunny ray; Or sweating slaves support the shady load, When eastern monarchs show their state abroad; Britain in winter only knows its aid, To guard from chilling showers the walking maid.

John Gay

All married women are not wives.

Japanese Proverb

Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.

Francis Bacon

Wives are young men's mistresses; companions for middle age; and old men's nurses.

Francis Bacon

Oh! 'tis a precious thing, when wives are dead, To find such numbers who will serve instead: And in whatever state a man be thrown, 'Tis that precisely they would wish their own.

George Crabbe

The great secret of doctors, known only to their wives, but still hidden from the public, is that most things get better by themselves; most things, in fact, are better in the morning.

Lewis Thomas

Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise them.

Dick Van Dyke

Wives are people who feel they don't dance enough.

Groucho Marx

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