A man must have something to grumble about; and if he can't complain that his wife harries him to death with her perversity and ill-humour, he must complain that she wears him out with her kindness and gentleness.


Ralph to Milicent (Ch. XXXII : Comparisons: Information Rejected) - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848)

Anne Brontë Quotes

A man must have something to grumble about; and if he can't complain that his wife harries him to death with her perversity and ill-humour, he must...

A man must have something to grumble about; and if he can't complain that his wife harries him to death with her perversity and ill-humour, he must...

A man must have something to grumble about; and if he can't complain that his wife harries him to death with her perversity and ill-humour, he must...

A man must have something to grumble about; and if he can't complain that his wife harries him to death with her perversity and ill-humour, he must...