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

That a marriage ends is less than ideal but all things end under heaven, and if temporality is held to be invalidating, then nothing real succeeds. – John Updike

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Marriage
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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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Government is either organized benevolence or organized madness its peculiar magnitude permits no shading. – John Updike

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I realize that of all people, I am no expert on parenting or marriage. – Mika Brzezinski

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Stability is why society has an interest in marriage. – Gene Robinson

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When I got married in my twenties, I had a happy marriage and happy kids but at some point in time I let it go off the rails I let it go off the rails. – Stuart Rose

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Marriage hasnt been my thing. But gay people, knock yourselves out! – Ben Affleck

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We decry violence all the time in this country, but look at our history. We were born in a violent revolution, and weve been in wars ever since. Were not a pacific people. – James Lee Burke

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Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character. – Heraclitus

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In a world where we are all slaves to the laws of gravity, skydivers are proud to be freedom fighters! – Author Unknown

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Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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