Quote by Benjamin Spock
I would say that the surest measure of a mans or a womans maturity

I would say that the surest measure of a mans or a womans maturity is the harmony, style, joy, and dignity he creates in his marriage, and the pleasure and inspiration he provides for his spouse. – Benjamin Spock

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All the time a person is a child he is both a child and learning to be a parent. After he becomes a parent he becomes predominantly a parent reliving childhood. – Benjamin Spock

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When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable. – Benjamin Spock

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Every child senses, with all the horse sense thats in him, that any parent is angry inside when children misbehave and they dread more the anger that is rarely or never expressed openly, wondering how awful it might be. – Benjamin Spock

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What is marriage but prostitution to one man instead of many? – Angela Carter

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Culture, what you believe, what you value, how you live matters. Now, as fundamental as these principles are, they may become topics of democratic debates from time to time, so it is today with the enduring institution of marriage. Marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman. – Mitt Romney

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I have a lady, shes a great lady. I love her a lot, she loves me. Were on the same page. Whenever that day happens when were not on the same page well move forward with it. Were interested in having our lives be our lives right now and not a third persons vis-a-vis marriage and whatever that means. – Jon Hamm

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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit. – Pliny the Younger, Letters

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