"Pity the married couple who expect too much from one another."
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"I've had bad luck with both my wives. The first one left me and the second one didn't."
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"An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit."
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"There's only one way to have a happy marriage and as soon as I learn what it is I'll get married again."
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"Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience."
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"There are a hundred paths through the world that are easier than loving. But who wants easier?"
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"Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy head, thy sovereign; one that cares for thee, And for thy maintenance commits his body To painful labour both by sea and land, To watch the night in storms, the day in cold, Whilst thou liest warm at home, secure and safe; And craves no other tribute at thy hands But love, fair looks and true obedience; Too little payment for so great a debt."
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"When I said I would die a bachelor, I did not think I should live till I were married."
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"Make sure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, and you can't settle anything until morning anyway."
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"The best friend will probably acquire the best wife, because a good marriage is founded on the talent for friendship."
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"What a happy and holy fashion it is that those who love one another should rest on the same pillow."
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"Marriage is nature's way of keeping us from fighting with strangers."
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"Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen and I was three."
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"If I get married, I want to be very married."
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"Married life teaches one invaluable lesson: to think of things far enough ahead not to say them."
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"I'm not saying that love always takes you to heaven. Your life can become a nightmare. But that said, it is worth taking the risk."
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"Almost every sinful action ever committed can be traced back to a selfish motive. It is a trait we hate in other people but justify in ourselves."
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"Love is the only freedom in the world because it so elevates the spirit that the laws of humanity and the phenomena of nature do not alter its course."
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"Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness."
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"Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then."
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