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Originally marriage meant the sale of a woman by one man to anothe

Originally marriage meant the sale of a woman by one man to another; now most women sell themselves though they have no intention of delivering the goods listed in the bill of sale. – Robert Graves

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Anthropologists are a connecting link between poets and scientists though their field-work among primitive peoples has often made them forget the language of science. – Robert Graves

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My parents did not have a perfect marriage. It was pretty good, but it was not perfect. My marriage is not perfect. My wife is, but I happen to be imperfect. However, that does not discount the fact that the definition of marriage must be defended and protected. – Stockwell Day

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A question asked in a Surrey school exam went: “Why do cocks crow early every morning?” A twelve-year-old replied: “My dad says they have to make the most of it while the hens are asleep.” – Quoted in the Peterborough Daily Telegraph, 1983

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

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Marriage is a ghastly public confession of a strictly private intention. – Ian Hay

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