Quote by Lafcadio Hearn
French novels generally treat of the relations of women to the wor

French novels generally treat of the relations of women to the world and to lovers, after marriage consequently there is a great deal in French novels about adultery, about improper relations between the sexes, about many things which the English public would not allow. – Lafcadio Hearn

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Of course, the simple explanation of the fact is that marriage is the most important act of mans life in Europe or America, and that everything depends upon it. – Lafcadio Hearn

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But every great scripture, whether Hebrew, Indian, Persian, or Chinese, apart from its religious value will be found to have some rare and special beauty of its own and in this respect the original Bible stands very high as a monument of sublime poetry and of artistic prose. – Lafcadio Hearn

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It has been wisely observed by the greatest of modern thinkers that mankind has progressed more rapidly in every other respect than in morality. – Lafcadio Hearn

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It became plain very soon after our marriage that ours was to be a literary partnership. – Mary Augusta Ward

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I should have been out there having a wild time like all the other girls my age, but I wasnt. I was going home every night to what was, initially, a very happy marriage. – Amanda Holden

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Marry a mountain girl and you marry the whole mountain. – Proverb

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The very idea of marriage is basic to recognition as equals in our society any status short of that is inferior, unjust, and unconstitutional. – Ted Olson

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