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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

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Human beings cling to their delicious tyrannies and to their exquisite nonsense, till death stares them in the face. – Sydney Smith

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Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence. – Sydney Smith

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Let me be clear. I support the definition of marriage as a union between a man and a woman. – Ben Nelson

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What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are, but how you deal with incompatibility. – George Levinger

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I feel very deeply about the need to respect and tolerate people of different social – or sexual orientation. But at the same time, I believe marriage should be preserved as an institution for one man and one woman. – Mitt Romney

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I found marriage somewhat stifling. I dont know that I am the kind of man who ought to be married. – Burt Lancaster

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