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Quote by George Eliot
That quiet mutual gaze of a trusting husband and wife is like the

That quiet mutual gaze of a trusting husband and wife is like the first moment of rest or refuge from a great weariness or a great danger. – George Eliot

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Life is too precious to be spent in this weaving and unweaving of false impressions, and it is better to live quietly under some degree of misrepresentation than to attempt to remove it by the uncertain process of letter-writing. – George Eliot

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Letters (writing)
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George Eliot
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To act with doubleness towards a man whose own conduct was double, was so near an approach to virtue that it deserved to be called by no meaner name than diplomacy. – George Eliot

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Diplomacy
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Do not miss your childrens childhood. Do not be away 200 nights a year as I was. Do not put strains on your marriage or family. – Joe Scarborough

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Marriage! Nothing else demands so much of a man. – Henrik Ibsen

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Spending only what the country can afford, rewarding savings, encouraging independence, supporting marriage: people know that these things are common sense. – William Hague

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Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing, they marry later; for another thing, they die earlier. – H.L. Mencken

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Who will not suffer labor in this world, let him not be born. – John Florio

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If youve got to my age, youve probably had your heart broken many times. So its not that difficult to unpack a bit of grief from some little corner of your heart and cry over it. – Emma Thompson

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The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes. – Benjamin Disraeli

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