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Marriage: A word which should be pronounced

Marriage: A word which should be pronounced “mirage.” – Herbert Spencer

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The Republican form of government is the highest form of government: but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature, a type nowhere at present existing. – Herbert Spencer

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Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources. – Herbert Spencer

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An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire for property is one of the elements of our nature. – Herbert Spencer

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People do not marry people, not real ones anyway; they marry what they think the person is; they marry illusions and images. The exciting adventure of marriage is finding out who the partner really is. – James L. Framo, “Explorations in Marital & Family Therapy”

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Marriage? Its like asparagus eaten with vinaigrette or hollandaise, a matter of taste but of no importance. – Francoise Sagan

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I think one reason for a successful marriage is laughter. I think laughter gets you through the rough moments in a marriage. – Bob Newhart

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Marriage

I can look back at different times in my life when I felt I could not find my way out of whatever it was. Im not necessarily talking about marriage, but I wanted to pack it in. I wanted to disappear. A lot of that has to do with being in the public eye. – Amy Grant

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[T]he beautiful world of blossom and love and friendship had lost none of its power to please her fancy and thrill her heart… life still called to her with many insistent voices. – L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables [the comfort of knowing the world goes on

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