Feb 18, 2009
I came across this treasure of wisdom from over 250 years ago regarding men and their approach to finding a wife, and thought it was worth sharing with you:
Old Batchelor would have a Wife that's wise,
Fair, rich, and young, a Maiden for his Bed;
Not proud, nor churlish, but of faultless size;
A Country Houswife in the City bred.
He's a nice Fool, and long in vain hath staid;
He should bespeak her, there's none ready made.
— Benjamin Franklin, 1733
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