Quote by H.L. Mencken
Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing, they

Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing, they marry later; for another thing, they die earlier. – H.L. Mencken

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No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes that she were not. – H.L. Mencken

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Taxation, for example, is eternally lively; it concerns nine-tenths of us more directly than either smallpox or golf, and has just as much drama in it; moreover, it has been mellowed and made gay by as many gaudy, preposterous theories. – H.L. Mencken

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Do not choose your wife at a dance, but in the field among the harvesters. – Proverb

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Why in almost all societies have married women specialized in bearing and rearing children and in certain agricultural activities, whereas married men have done most of the fighting and market work? – Gary Becker

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It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss volatile spirits prefer unhappiness. – George Santayana

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If one is going to change the definition of marriage to be, quote, same sex, then there is absolutely no valid argument constitutionally or rhetorically you can make against multiple people getting married. These are radical social changes. – Gary Bauer

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