"You can not pluck roses without fear of thorns, Nor enjoy a fair wife without danger of horns."
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"An undutiful daughter will prove an unmanageable wife."
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"A marriage is likely to be called happy if neither party ever expected to get much happiness out of it."
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"In my parents I saw a model where they were really always communicating, doing things together. They were really kind of a team. I wanted some of that magic myself."
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"The Bible is clear - God's definition of marriage is between a man and a woman."
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"The fastest way to improve your relationships is to make others feel important in every way possible."
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"Old married people look so much alike that they have the same number of hairs in their ears."
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"The chains of marriage are so heavy that it takes two to bear them, sometimes three."
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"And to walk through life in dreams out of love for the hand that guides us."
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"No man knows what the wife of his bosom is until he has gone with her through the fiery trials of this world."
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"A contract of eternal bond of love, Confirm'd by mutual joinder of your hands, Arrested by the holy close of lips, Strength'ned by the interchangement of your rings, And all the ceremony of this compact Seal'd in my function, by my testimony."
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"The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love."
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"The best part of married life is the fights. The rest is merely so-so."
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"Our culture says that feelings of love are the basis for actions of love. And of course that can be true. But it is truer to say that actions of love can lead consistently to feelings of love."
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"The essence of love is kindness."
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"If they only married when they fell in love, most people would die unwed."
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"This doctrine of prenatal influence is now slowly being recognized, and science as well as religion calls out: 'Keep yourself holy, and pure.' So deeply has this been recognized in India, that there we even speak of adultery in marriage, except when marriage is consummated in prayer."
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"Marriage is like a book. The whole story takes place between the covers."
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"It's easy to get married, but hard to stay that way."
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"The pure love of one soul can offset the hatred of millions."
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