"I learned a great many years ago..." - Quote by Abraham Lincoln
I learned a great many years ago that in a fight between husband and wife, a third party should never get between the woman's skillet and the man's ax-helve.
More by Abraham Lincoln
“Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed.”
“I believe it is an established maxim in morals that he who makes an assertion without knowing whether it is true or false, is guilty of falsehood; and the accidental truth of the assertion, does not justify or excuse him.”
“When I have a particular case in hand, I have that motive and feel an interest in the case, feel an interest in ferreting out the questions to the bottom, love to dig up the question by the roots and hold it up and dry it before the fires of the mind.”
More on Marriage
“Once a woman passes a certain point in intelligence she finds it almost impossible to get a husband: she simply cannot go on listening without snickering.”
“Whoever strikes at marriage either by word or act undermines the foundation of all moral society.”
“I haven't spoken to my wife in years. I didn't want to interrupt her.”
More on Conflict
“The dilemma of modern society: the conflict between the need for capital formation at a high rate and the popular condemnation of interest and dividends as "unearned income" and "capitalist," if not as sinful and wicked.”
“Always remember, however sure you are that you could easily win, that there would not be a war if the other man did not think he also had a chance.”
“When truth kills truth, O devilish holy fray!”