"Husbands and wives talk of the cares of matrimony, and bachelors and spinsters bear them."

-- Wilkie Collins

#Husband Quotes #Wife Quotes #Care Quotes

“We must fortify African democracy and peace by launching Radio Democracy for Africa, supporting the transition to democracy now beginning to take place in Nigeria.”
“When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.”
“The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user.”
“the trouble with success is - it takes all your time. And you can't do the things you really want to do!”

Source : Ruth Draper, Morton Dauwen Zabel (1960). “The art of Ruth Draper: her dramas and characters”
“Though a man has all other perfections, and wants discretion, he will be of no great consequence in the world; but if he has this single talent in perfection, and but a common share of others, he may do what he pleases in his station of life.”
“That's what makes me keep playing every day is the fact that I'm not quite there, you know. There's always more for me to be able to do.”
“The Clan Mothers ran everything and had the last word. I think that's the answer.”
“Why are stamps adorned with kings and presidents? That we may lick their hinder parts and thump their heads.”

Source : Howard Nemerov (1977). “The Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov”, p.420, University of Chicago Press

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