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Marriage, it seems, confines every man to his proper rank
Marriage, a market which has nothing free but the entrance
Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out
A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband
When a woman marries again it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again, it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck; men risk theirs
There is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It is a thing no married man knows anything about
The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties
There is one thing more exasperating than a wife who can cook and won't, and that's the wife who can't and will.
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