spouse quotes

  •    A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

    -Bible (Old Testament)
    Song of Solomon 4:12.

  • ‚Pero la verdad es que estoy cansada, horriblemente cansada de ser la esposa femenina de ese animal masculino que se rasca, pierde el pelo sistema  ticamente y canta tangos pasados de moda!† Quisiera†quisiera engordar, fumar un puro y enviudar de una manera indolora y elegante. The truth is, I'm tired, frightfully tired of being the feminine spouse to the masculine animal who scratches himself, systematically loses his hair and sings outdated tangos!† I'd like† I'd like to get fat, to smoke cigars and to become a widow in a painless and elegant fashion.

    -Jorge D|  az
    El cepillo de dientes ( The Toothbrush), act1.

  • Nor turned I ween Adam from his fair spouse, nor Eve the rites Mysterious of connubial love refused: Whatever hypocrites austerely talk Of purity and place and innocence, Defaming as impure what God declares Pure, and commands to some, leaves free to all.

    -John Milton
      Paradise Lost (published1667), bk.4, l.741^7.

  • On his death bed poor Lubin lies: His spouse is in despair. With frequent sobs and mutual cries They both express their care. A different cause, says parson Sly, The same effect may give: Poor Lubin fears, that he shall die: His wife, that he may live.

    - Matthew Prior
      'A ReasonableAffliction'.

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