Saturday, July 12, 2014

Beauty is a luxury

So often our first thoughts of spouses concerns their physical attractiveness, and certainly we ought to be attracted to them. Historically, however, at least among the lower classes, beauty was less a requisite quality than ability. A man needed a wife who was a good manager; a woman needed a man who was a good provider and protector. That was the sine qua non of the relationship - the absolute necessity. Beauty was a luxury.

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