Women like a man with a past, ...

Women like a man with a past, but they prefer a man with a present
Women like a man with a past, but they prefer a man with a present

Quotes from the same author

Men are all alike - except the one you've met who's different.
Give a man a free hand and he'll run it all over you.
A hard man is good to find.
A man in the house is worth two in the street.
A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him.