"Books and marriage go ill together."

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"When a man marries, it's proof he can't govern his life. He needs a governess."

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"Marriage is the commodification of affection, copulation, and, reproduction."

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"Let a man do what he will by a single woman, the world is encouragingly apt to think Marriage a sufficient amends."

Samuel Richardson, English Novelist

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"Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest."

George Eliot, British Author

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"Husbands and wives, recognize that in marriage you have become one flesh. If you live for your private pleasure at the expense of your spouse, you are living against yourself and destroying your joy. But if you devote yourself with all your heart to the holy joy of your spouse, you will also be living for your joy and making a marriage after the image of Christ and His church."

John Piper, American Clergyman

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"To a man who was required to marry before he was allowed to have sex with his lover, marriage is a 'righteous' form of prostitution."

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"Marriage union goes beyond the actual ceremony. It goes beyond intimacy and remains a solid foundation for happiness, if only partners remain optimally loyal to the mission."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

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"Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out."

Michel de Montaigne, French Philosopher

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"Truth be told, many couples spend more time planning the wedding and the honeymoon than they do preparing for the marriage."

Carlos Wallace, American Author

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"We are properly ready for marriage when we are strong enough to embrace a life of frustration."

Alain de Botton, English Writer

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