#bachelor

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of someone or other of their daughters. ↗

— Jane Austen

#classics #marriage #men #possessiveness #single-men

There are some women whose pregnancy would make some sly bachelor smile. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#make #pregnancy #sly #smile #some

A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#breakfast #dinner #fine #flat #life

I have a Bachelor of Arts in English, which means I had a lot of formal training in reading. ↗

— Kate DiCamillo

#bachelor #english #formal #had #i

I should like to know what is the proper function of women, if it is not to make reasons for husbands to stay at home, and still stronger reasons for bachelors to go out. ↗

— George Eliot

#function #go #home #husbands #i

I did graduate with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering in 1948. ↗

— Daniel J. Evans

#bachelor #civil #degree #did #engineering

My first speaking part was to read for John Forsythe for Bachelor Father. I was the lead, opposite him. ↗

— Linda Evans

#father #first #him #i #john

The Shades never recorded anything, Little Daddy and the Bachelors recorded a couple of records, ya. ↗

— Tommy Chong

#bachelors #couple #daddy #little #never

I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department. And I suppose because I am fairly well off and a famous musician, I'm up for grabs. And that makes me an eligible bachelor in the press. ↗

— Eric Clapton

#bachelor #beautiful #beautiful women #because #company

I've never necessarily chosen to be a bachelor. I've had girlfriends throughout the last 20 or 30 years. It's just that there were times when I met people that fascinated me and times I didn't. ↗

— Adam Clayton

#chosen #fascinated #girlfriends #had #i