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Quote by William Congreve
Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull

Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play. – William Congreve

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There is in true beauty, as in courage, something which narrow souls cannot dare to admire. – William Congreve

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Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned. – William Congreve

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I have no useful theories about love and marriage. – Michael Cunningham

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I am for gay marriage. Or same-sex marriage. I dont want to say it the wrong way. I think people are sensitive to it. I have been painted as being this right-wing zealot on choice. Nothing could be further from the truth. – Harold Ford

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Marriage is a wonderful invention: then again, so is a bicycle repair kit. – Billy Connolly

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Obviously, marriage is not a synonym for morality. But stable marriages and families do encourage moral behavior. – Gary Bauer

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