Quote by Mary Wesley
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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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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My father was a soldier and my mother was a great mover. She once counted up how many places she had lived in during the first 25 years of her marriage and it came to 20. – Mary Wesley

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Marriage
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Why in almost all societies have married women specialized in bearing and rearing children and in certain agricultural activities, whereas married men have done most of the fighting and market work? – Gary Becker

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I believe in the sanctity of marriage. – Sam Brownback

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Marriage

The surest way to be alone is to get married. – Gloria Steinem

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Marriage

Other than marriage, she doesnt control me and I dont control her. – Gavyn Davies

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A child on a farm sees a plane fly overhead and dreams of a faraway place. A traveler on the plane sees the farmhouse below and dreams of home. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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