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

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Correspondences are like small clothes before the invention of suspenders; it is impossible to keep them up. – Sydney Smith

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

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The observances of the church concerning feasts and fasts are tolerably well-kept, since the rich keep the feasts and the poor keep the fasts. – Sydney Smith

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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives. – Samuel Johnson

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Before marriage, many couples are very much like people rushing to catch an airplane once aboard, they turn into passengers. They just sit there. – Paul Getty

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When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her. – Sacha Guitry, Elles et toi, 1948

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Marriage is a religious and state issue. – Jim DeMint

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