Quote by John Updike
Every marriage tends to consist of an aristocrat and a peasant. Of

Every marriage tends to consist of an aristocrat and a peasant. Of a teacher and a learner. – John Updike

Other quotes by John Updike

You cannot help but learn more as you take the world into your hands. Take it up reverently, for it is an old piece of clay, with millions of thumbprints on it. – John Updike

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Graduation
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We take our bearings, daily, from others. To be sane is, to a great extent, to be sociable. – John Updike

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Sanity
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Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life. – John Updike

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Water
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Marriage
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Let us now set forth one of the fundamental truths about marriage: the wife is in charge. – Bill Cosby

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Marriage

Like good wine, marriage gets better with age — once you learn to keep a cork in it. – Gene Perret

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Marriage

Clearly, if it is sensible to hold a referendum on independence, it is crucial that we have one on marriage. It is the only way the country can move forward on this issue. Let all those who have a view on this subject place their trust in the Scottish people and let Scotland decide. – Keith OBrien

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Marriage

What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are, but how you deal with incompatibility. – George Levinger

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Marriage

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The greatest work of art about New York? The question seems nebulous. The citys magic and majesty are distilled in the photographs of Alfred Stieglitz and Paul Strand. – Jerry Saltz

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Art

Over the river and through the wood,
To grandfathers house we go;
The horse knows the way
To carry the sleigh,
Through the white and drifted snow. – Lydia Maria Child

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Literary

It is surprising what a man can do when he has to, and how little most men will do when they dont have to. – Walter Linn

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Necessity