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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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The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of all the people who say he is very good. – Robert Graves

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