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"There was no religious ceremony connected with marriage among us, while on the other hand the relation between man and woman was regarded as in itself mysterious and holy."
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"Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner."

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

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

"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."

"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."

"Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage."

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

"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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"It has been said that the position of woman is the test of civilization, and that of our women was secure. In them was vested our standard of morals and the purity of our blood."

"There was no religious ceremony connected with marriage among us, while on the other hand the relation between man and woman was regarded as in itself mysterious and holy."

"He sees no need for setting apart one day in seven as a holy day, since to him all days are God's."

"The clan is nothing more than a larger family, with its patriarchal chief as the natural head, and the union of several clans by intermarriage and voluntary connection constitutes the tribe."

"At the age of about eight years, if he is a boy, she turns him over to his father for more Spartan training."

"The elements and majestic forces in nature, Lightning, Wind, Water, Fire, and Frost, were regarded with awe as spiritual powers, but always secondary and intermediate in character."
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