"Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity."
― Honore de Balzac
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Marriage
― Honore de Balzac
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More In Marriage
- "The Bible is clear – God’s definition of marriage is between a man and a woman."― Billy Graham
- "Unfenced by law, the unmarried lover can quit a bad relationship at any time. But you – the legally married person who wants to escape doomed love – may soon discover that a significant portion of your marriage contract belongs to the State, and that it sometimes takes a very long while for the State to grant you your leave."― Elizabeth Gilbert
- "Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship between candidate and voter, but are quickly forgotten."― Dick Gregory