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It is assumed that the woman must wait motionless until she is wooed. That is how the spider waits for the fly.

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It is a woman's business to get married as soon as possible, and a man'sto keep unmarried as long as he can.

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Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open.

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When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, they are required to swear th...more

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If we women were particular about men's characters, we should never get married at all.

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Those who talk most about the blessings of marriage and the constancy of its vows are the very people who declare that if the chain were broken and th...more