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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had

An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit. – Pliny the Younger, Letters

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Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he were a woman. – Joseph Joubert

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I took the fear of marriage from my parents relationship, because I didnt want to end up in a relationship like that, whereas my brothers and sisters learnt a lesson from it and made sure they didnt carry it on into their own marriages. – John Mahoney

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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses. – English Proverb

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I know one husband and wife who, whatever the official reasons given to the court for the break up of their marriage, were really divorced because the husband believed that nobody ought to read while he was talking and the wife that nobody ought to talk while she was reading. – Vera Brittain

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