Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.
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We call that against nature which cometh against custom. But there is nothing, whatsoever it be, that is not According to nature.
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There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
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How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.
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As an enemy is made more fierce by our flight, so Pain grows proud to see us knuckle under it. She will surrender upon much better terms to those who make head against her.
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