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Quote by Mark Twain
Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were

Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation. – Mark Twain

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A dollar picked up in the road is more satisfaction to us than the 99 which we had to work for, and the money won at Faro or in the stock market snuggles into our hearts in the same way. – Mark Twain

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Gambling
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Mark Twain
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There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one – keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy. – Mark Twain

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Happiness
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Mark Twain
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Over the years the political establishment has frowned if a mainstream politician mentions marriage. – Iain Duncan Smith

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Marriage

Id love to have First Lady Michelle Obama over and ask, How do you make your marriage work? I think the president is sexy as all get-out, but he has got to get on her nerves some kind of way. Hes this wonderful, powerful man, but she sees him leaving his socks on the floor. – Sherri Shepherd

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Marriage

Alimony — The ransom that the happy pay to the devil. – H.L. Mencken, “Sententiae,” A Book of Burlesques, 1920

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Marriage

Who of us is mature enough for offspring before the offspring themselves arrive? The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults. – Peter De Vries

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Marriage

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When I use my strength in the service of my vision it makes no difference whether or not I am afraid. – Audre Lorde

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I watched Gene Kelly for his smile, for his energy. Vittorio Gassman for his movement. Clark Gable for his mustache. And I watched Lassie who was happy as a dog. – Jean Dujardin

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You may tell a man thou art a fiend, but not your nose wants blowing to him alone who can bear a thing of that kind, you may tell all. – Johann Kaspar Lavater

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Gardening requires lots of water — most of it in the form of perspiration. – Lou Erickson

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