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People try much less hard to make a marriage work than they used t

People try much less hard to make a marriage work than they used to fifty years ago. Divorce is easier. – Mary Wesley

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Womens courage is rather different from mens. The fact that women have to bring up children and look after husbands makes them braver at facing long-term issues, such as illness. Men are more immediately courageous. Lots of people are brave in battle. – Mary Wesley

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Courage
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Mary Wesley
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I remember the evacuee children from towns and cities throwing stones at the farm animals. When we explained that if you did that you wouldnt have any milk, meat or eggs, they soon learned to respect the animals. – Mary Wesley

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respect
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Mary Wesley
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I remember driving home one evening while they were reviewing the papers on the radio. One of the articles was about me separating from my wife. Its a weird thing to listen to a news report about the break-up of your marriage. – Rory Bremner

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