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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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What we now call finance is, I hold, an intellectual perversion of what began as warm human love. – 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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Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other never forgets them. – Ogden Nash

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My second marriage had a lot to do with alcohol. – Mercedes McCambridge

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Of all actions of a mans life, his marriage does least concern other people, yet of all actions of our life tis most meddled with by other people. – John Selden

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Its very different than it use to be. I think everybody has a lot more experience in how to be in a relationship – whether its a marriage or a significant other or a business or a friend. – Kathy Valentine

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