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Marriage is an adventure, like going to war
No woman marries for money: they are all clever enough, before marrying a millionaire, to fall in love with him first
Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel
A married couple are well suited when both partners usually feel the need for a quarrel at the same time
Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom
To marry unequally is to suffer equally
No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes that she were not
Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?
If women believed in their husbands they would be a good deal happier and also a good deal more foolish
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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