“Success is something that always comes faster to the man your wife almost married”
“SUCCESS: Something that always comes faster to the man your wife almost married” is a saying about success that was printed in a 1958 newspaper. “Success is something that always comes faster to the man your wife almost married” was printed in a 1960 newspaper. Authorship is unknown.
29 July 1958, The Daily Reporter (Dover, OH), pg. 2, col. 4:
SUCCESS: Something that always comes faster to the man your wife almost married.
22 June 1959, McComb (MS) Enterprise-Journal, “So This Is a Joke,” pg. 6, col. 8:
Success: Something that always comes faster to the man your wife almost married.
15 December 1959, Harlan (IA) News-Advertiser, “Short Takes,” pg. 2, col. 1:
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...success always comes faster to the man your wife almost married.
21 April 1960, The Baxter Bulletin (Mountain Home, AR), “It’s Been Said Dept.,” pg. 6, col. 3:
Success is something that always comes faster to the man your wife almost married.
3 October 1967, Durham (NC) Sun, “Office Cat,” pg. 4, col. 6:
Success always comes faster to the man your wife almost married.
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Damie Okulaja
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Success is something that always comes faster to the man your wife almost married.
11:44 PM - 12 Apr 2010
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Success is something that always comes faster to the man your wife almost married
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