"An engagement should come on a young..." - Quote by Oscar Wilde
An engagement should come on a young girl as a surprise, pleasant or unpleasant as the case may be.
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“For, try as we may, we cannot get behind the appearence of things to reality. And the terrible reason may be that there is no reality in the things apart from their appearences.”
“No theory of life seemed to him to be of any importance compared with life itself”
“Despotism is unjust to everybody, including the despot, who was probably made for better things.”
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“Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel.”
“People are always asking couples whose marriage has endured at least a quarter of a century for their secret for success. Actually, it is no secret at all. I am a forgiving woman. Long ago, I forgave my husband for not being Paul Newman.”
“The man who didn't want his wife to work has been succeeded by the man who asks about her chances of getting a raise.”
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“When you are in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude. We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to them to find out what they are like.”
“I'm not opposed to falling in love.”
“You can only see in others what is inside of you.”