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Quote by Thornton Wilder
Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think shes a household

Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think shes a householder. – Thornton Wilder

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It is very necessary to have markers of beauty left in a world seemingly bent on making the most evil ugliness. – Thornton Wilder

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We do not choose the day of our birth nor may we choose the day of our death, yet choice is the sovereign faculty of the mind. – Thornton Wilder

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When God loves a creature he wants the creature to know the highest happiness and the deepest misery He wants him to know all that being alive can bring. That is his best gift. There is no happiness save in understanding the whole. – Thornton Wilder

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A successful marriage isnt necessarily one that lasts until youre dead. – Ellen Barkin

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I listen to the people. That was a big reason for my life, maybe the main reason, Im singing because I love it when people say to me, Thank you. I thank them. Its a marriage. – Julio Iglesias

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Marriage is like twirling a baton, turning hand springs or eating with chopsticks. It looks easy until you try it. – Helen Rowland

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Marriage is all about knowing the ins and outs and the intimate details, and your wife is supposed to be the person you know best. But my brother and I think alike, know everything about one another, and when we get together, we block everything else out. Nothing exists in our world except for us. – Jon Heder

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