A great poet has seldom sung of lawfully wedded happiness, but of free and secret love; and in this respect, too the time is coming when there will no longer be one standard of morality for poetry and another for life. To anyone tender of conscience, the ties formed by a free connection are stronger than the legal ones.
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Men marry to make an end; women to make a beginning.
Men marry to make an end; women to make a beginning.
Same-sex marriage is not the future.
Same-sex marriage is not the future.
More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worse.
More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worse.
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Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.
Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.
The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.
The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.
Marriage is like a phone call in the night: first the ring, and then you wake up.
Marriage is like a phone call in the night: first the ring, and then you wake up.
Marriage is a wonderful invention; but, then again, so is a
bicycle repair kit.
Marriage is a wonderful invention; but, then again, so is a
bicycle repair kit.
