A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there.
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For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Our friends seldom profit us but they make us feel safe. Marriage is a scheme to accomplish exactly that same end.
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