The husband who wants a happy marriage should learn to keep his mouth shut and his checkbook open.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker offers cynical advice on marriage focused on silence and financial provision.
- In plain terms
- To be happy in marriage, stay quiet and pay the bills.
- What can you take from it?
- Financial stability and avoiding conflict help marriage.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What makes a marriage happy?
- Should money be the main priority?
Another view
It reduces marriage to transaction and silence rather than partnership.
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