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Robert Louis Stevenson

"In marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his moral being."

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"In marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his moral being."

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"Any fool can marry, but only the wise live happily ever after."

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"Marriage, a market which has nothing free but the entrance."

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"Marriage is a million piece puzzle, a pristine and exciting pursuit at the beginning that gradually becomes a daunting task, usually more challenging than anticipated. It is only those truly committed to solving that puzzle who witness in the end the miraculous outcome of every tiny piece laid out and pressed together in an inspiring and envious creation-a treasure only time, resoluteness, and perseverance could create."

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"Perhaps my problem in marriage-and it is the problem of many women-was to want both intimacy and independence. It is a difficult line to walk, yet both needs are important to a marriage."

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"Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage."

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"What is fascinating about marriage is why anyone wants to get married."

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"Any good marriage is secret territory, a necessary white space on society's map. What others don't know about it is what makes it yours."

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"Never marry when under the guise you need to 'see if it'll work', but rather marry because in your mind you want to make it work."

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"When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory."

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"A man's love, till it has been chastened and fastened by the feeling of duty which marriage brings with it, is instigated mainly by the difficulty of pursuit."

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