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    The aura of the theocratic death penalty for adultery still clings to America, even outside New England, and multiple divorce, which looks to the European like serial polygamy, is the moral solution to the problem of the itch. Love comes into it too, of course, but in Europe we tend to see marital love as an eternity which encompasses hate and also indifference: when we promise to love we really mean that we promise to honor a contract. Americans, seeming to take marriage with not enough seriousness, are really taking love and sex with too much.

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We can do not great things - only small things with great love.

We can do not great things - only small things with great love.

by Paul Tillich Found in: All about love Quotes,
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Love and marriage, love and marriage go together like a horse and carriage. Dad was told by mother. You can't read more

Love and marriage, love and marriage go together like a horse and carriage. Dad was told by mother. You can't have one without the other.

by Sammy Cahn Found in: All about love Quotes,
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The fate of love is that it always seems too little or too much.

The fate of love is that it always seems too little or too much.

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A few observation and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning to truth.

A few observation and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning to truth.

by Alexis Carrel Found in: All about love Quotes,
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The great seal of truth is simplicity.

The great seal of truth is simplicity.

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We always believe our first love is our last, and our last love our first.

We always believe our first love is our last, and our last love our first.

by Anonymous Found in: All about love Quotes,
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Every trait of beauty may be referred to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, or heroism. St. Pierre read more

Every trait of beauty may be referred to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, or heroism. St. Pierre To cultivate the sense of the beautiful, is one of the most effectual ways of cultivating an appreciation of the divine goodness.

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Marriage is like a bank account. You put it in, you take it out, you lose interest.

Marriage is like a bank account. You put it in, you take it out, you lose interest.

by Irwin Cory Found in: All about love Quotes,
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What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.

What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.

by Bill Hoest Found in: All about love Quotes,
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