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It is a truth
universally acknowledged, that a single man is in possession
of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
-- Jane Austen
1775-1817, British Novelist
Certainly the
best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have
proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men.
-- Francis Bacon
1561-1626, British
Philosopher, Essayist, Statesman
A bachelor's
life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable
dinner.
-- Jean De La Bruyère
1645-1696, French Classical
Writer
Show me a man
who lives alone and has a perpetually clean kitchen, and 8
times out of 9 I'll show you a man with detestable spiritual
qualities.
-- Charles Bukowski
1920-1994, German Poet, Short
Stories Writer, Novelist
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I would be
married, but I'd have no wife, I would be married to a
single life.
-- Richard Crashaw
The only good
husbands stay bachelors: They're too considerate to get
married.
-- Finley Peter Dunne
1867-1936, American
Journalist, Humorist
A single man
has not nearly the value he would have in a state of union.
He is an incomplete animal. He resembles the odd half of a
pair of scissors.
-- Benjamin Franklin
1706-1790, American
Scientist, Publisher, Diplomat
The most
threatened group in human societies as in animal societies
is the unmated male: the unmated male is more likely to wind
up in prison or in an asylum or dead than his mated
counterpart. He is less likely to be promoted at work and he
is considered a poor credit risk.
-- Germaine Greer
1939-, Australian Feminist
Writer
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