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Quote by George Eliot
Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest. - G

Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest. – George Eliot

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How lovely the little river is, with its dark changing wavelets! It seems to me like a living companion while I wander along the bank, and listen to its low, placid voice… – George Eliot

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The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect freedom with which we each follow and declare our own impressions. – George Eliot

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My father was a soldier and my mother was a great mover. She once counted up how many places she had lived in during the first 25 years of her marriage and it came to 20. – Mary Wesley

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He was doubtless an understanding Fellow that said, there was no happy Marriage but betwixt a blind Wife and a deaf Husband. – Michel de Montaigne, “Upon Some Verses of Virgil”

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They make Spy Kids, they make Scream, they make A Scary Movie. This doesnt do that, so it could be a very bad marriage. Im trying to keep this potential nightmare quiet because were just finishing editing. – Terry Gilliam

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Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertising. – E. W. Howe

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