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If I ever marry, it will be on a sudden impulse — as a man

If I ever marry, it will be on a sudden impulse — as a man shoots himself. – H.L. Mencken

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The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. – H.L. Mencken

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Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing, they marry later; for another thing, they die earlier. – H.L. Mencken

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Marriage
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It is a fact that all women contribute more to marriage than men for the most part they have to change their place of living, their method of work, a great many women today changing their occupation entirely on marriage and they must even change their name. – Agnes Macphail

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It is a full time job being honest one moment at a time, remembering to love, to honor, to respect. It is a practice, a discipline, worthy of every moment. – Jasmine Guy

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Cross-cultural marriage is difficult, especially when one person has to live in another country. But I thought there was a very good chance of it working because people grow together if they have a common passion. – Imran Khan

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Marriage

I do not believe that defending traditional marriage between one man and one woman excludes anybody or usurps anybodys civil rights and denies anybody their civil rights. – Alan Autry

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