When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl - and look at the ailing, aching state a young wife generally is doomed to - which you can't deny is the penalty of marriage.

Quote by Queen Victoria

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Being married gives one one's position like nothing else can.

Being married gives one one's position like nothing else can.

I feel sure that no girl would go to the altar if she knew all.

I feel sure that no girl would go to the altar if she knew all.

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.

Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.

Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.

I don't dislike babies, though I think very young ones rather disgusting.

I don't dislike babies, though I think very young ones rather disgusting.

A marriage is no amusement but a solemn act, and generally a sad one.

A marriage is no amusement but a solemn act, and generally a sad one.

Being pregnant is an occupational hazard of being a wife.

Being pregnant is an occupational hazard of being a wife.

An ugly baby is a very nasty object - and the prettiest is frightful.

An ugly baby is a very nasty object - and the prettiest is frightful.

Being pregnant is an occupational hazard of being a wife.

Being pregnant is an occupational hazard of being a wife.

The Queen is most anxious to enlist everyone in checking this mad, wicked folly of...

The Queen is most anxious to enlist everyone in checking this mad, wicked folly of...

Everybody grows but me.

Everybody grows but me.

An ugly baby is a very nasty object - and the prettiest is frightful.

An ugly baby is a very nasty object - and the prettiest is frightful.

What you say of the pride of giving life to an immortal soul is very...

What you say of the pride of giving life to an immortal soul is very...

Men never think, at least seldom think, what a hard task it is for us...

Men never think, at least seldom think, what a hard task it is for us...

Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.

Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.

The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of...

The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of...

I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all,...

I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all,...

I would venture to warn against too great intimacy with artists as it is very...

I would venture to warn against too great intimacy with artists as it is very...

For a man to strike any women is most brutal, and I, as well as...

For a man to strike any women is most brutal, and I, as well as...

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.