Quotes with ex-wife

Quotes 181 till 200 of 261.

  • Hitopadesa She is a wife who is the soul of her husband.
    Hitopadesa
    Indian text in Sanskrit
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  • Marguerite Duras She represents the un-vowed aspiration of the male human being, his potential infidelity - and infidelity of a very special kind, which would lead him to the opposite of his wife, to the ''woman of wax'' whom he could model at will, make and unmake in any way he wished, even unto death.
    Marguerite Duras
    French author and filmmaker (1914 - 1996)
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  • Mother Teresa Smile at each other, smile at your wife, smile at your husband, smile at your children, smile at each other - it doesn't matter who it is - and that will help you to grow up in greater love for each other.
    Mother Teresa
    Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary (1910 - 1997)
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  • Ben Stein So, who in the media is without sin among us? I am in the media and I am a major league sinner. I don't know anyone except my wife who isn't a big time sinner.
    Ben Stein
    American professor, writer
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  • Samuel Pepys Strange, to see what delight we married people have to see these poor fools decoyed into our condition, every man and wife gazing and smiling at them.
    Samuel Pepys
    English administrator of the navy and Member of Parliament (1633 - 1703)
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  • Alexander Hamilton Such a wife as I want... must be young, handsome I lay most stress upon a good shape, sensible a little learning will do, well-bread, chaste, and tender. As to religion, a moderate stock will satisfy me. She must believe in God and hate a saint.
    Alexander Hamilton
    American statesman (1757 - 1804)
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  • William Lloyd Garrison Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen; but urge me not to use moderation in a case like the present.
    William Lloyd Garrison
    American abolitionist, journalist and suffragist (1805 - 1879)
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  • George Eliot That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one fool tells him he's wise.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Themistocles The Athenians govern the Greeks; I govern the Athenians; you, my wife, govern me; your son governs you.
    Themistocles
     
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  • Friedrich Nietzsche The best friend is likely to acquire the best wife, because a good marriage is based on the talent for friendship.
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    German poet and philosopher (1844 - 1900)
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  • Pearl S. Buck The bitterest creature under heaven is the wife who discovers that her husband's bravery is only bravado, that his strength is only a uniform, that his power is but a gun in the hands of a fool.
    Pearl S. Buck
    American novelist (1892 - 1973)
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  • Earl Rochester The clog of all pleasure, the luggage of life, is the best can be said for a very good wife.
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  • John Gay The comfortable estate of widowhood is the only hope that keeps up a wife's spirits.
    John Gay
    British playwright and poet (1685 - 1732)
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  • David Ogilvy The consumer isn't a moron. She is your wife.
    David Ogilvy
    American businessman, Advertising Expert (1911 - 1999)
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  • Lord George Byron The fact is that my wife if she had common sense would have more power over me than any other whatsoever, for my heart always alights upon the nearest perch.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Bobby Flay The first time I was cooking for my wife, Stephanie, way before she was my wife, I actually put three chickens on the rotisserie and I closed the grill, which is really a bad idea. But I just wasn't thinking very straight that day. And I looked outside and I saw, like, smoke and flames.
    Bobby Flay
    American celebrity chef and restaurateur (1964 - )
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  • Voltaire The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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  • Will Durant The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an old man has for his old wife.
    Will Durant
    American writer, historian, and philosopher (1885 - 1981)
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  • Lord Chesterfield The only solid and lasting peace between a man and his wife is, doubtless, a separation.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Billy Williams The only time I mind autographs is when I'm out with my family. You're trying to enjoy kids and grandkids and here comes a swarm, and there go your wife and kids. That happens to every celebrity. It's the price you pay.
    Billy Williams
    American baseball player (1938 - )
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