Wives

Famous quotes containing the word wives:

    Just as men must give up economic control when their wives share the responsibility for the family’s financial well-being, women must give up exclusive parental control when their husbands assume more responsibility for child care.
    Augustus Y. Napier (20th century)

    Oh yes, there is a vast difference between the savage and the civilized man, but it is never apparent to their wives until after breakfast.
    Helen Rowland (1875–1950)

    To impose celibacy on such a large body as the clergy of the Catholic Church is not to forbid it to have wives but to order it to be content with the wives of others.
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)