Quote by Sydney Smith
Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be

Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes between them. – Sydney Smith

Other quotes by Sydney Smith

In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style. – Sydney Smith

Category:
Brevity
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Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life let us swear eternal friendship. – Sydney Smith

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Friendship
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In the country I always fear that creation will expire before tea-time. – Sydney Smith

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Tea
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Other Quotes from
Marriage
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I have to be asked, I guess, but I love the idea of marriage. I think its beautiful. Im such a romantic, and I always have been. – Portia de Rossi

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Marriage

Public-opinion polls show that Americans split about evenly on civil unions. But when the words gay marriage are presented, they break 3-to-1 against it. – Dick Morris

Category:
Marriage

Bachelors know more about women than married men if they didnt theyd be married too. – H. L. Mencken

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Marriage

Marriage, a market which has nothing free but the entrance. – Michel de Montaigne

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Marriage

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Ive read some of your modern free verse and wonder who set it free. – John Barrymore

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Putting a little time aside for clean fun and good humor is very necessary to relieve the tensions of our time. – Hattie McDaniel

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Humor

My denial and irresponsible attitude about asthma put me at great risk and caused me so much needless suffering. My hope is that the kids I talk to learn to open up about their asthma, become educated about their condition, and seek help. – Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Category:
Attitude

Death? Why this fuss about death? Use your imagination, try to visualize a world without death! Death is the essential condition of life, not an evil. – Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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Imagination