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"I have never been given to envy - save for the envy I feel toward those people who have the ability to make a marriage work and endure happily."
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"Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner."
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"Any fool can marry, but only the wise live happily ever after."
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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."
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"Her chances of a decent marriage were about to be dashed-and all because of a ferret."
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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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"Nationalized industries are notorious for their inability to operate at a profit."
Economy

"A marriage contract to me is as binding as any in business, and I have always believed in sticking to an agreement."
Marriage

"I was 37 when my father died-and I no longer had any freedom of choice over what I would do with the rest of my life."
Life

"I have always enjoyed the company of women and have formed deep and long-lasting friendships with many of them."
Woman

"How does one measure the success of a museum?"
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"I have never been given to envy - save for the envy I feel toward those people who have the ability to make a marriage work and endure happily."
Marriage

"There are at least 50 cities in the world that would have liked to obtain the Getty Collection."
Art

"My wealth is not a subject I relish discussing."
Wealth

"I was brought up in an era when thrift was still considered a virtue."
Virtue

"What I learned at Oxford has been used to great advantage throughout my business career."
Business
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