"Marriage is the highest state of friendship. If happy, it lessens our cares by dividing them, at the same time that it doubles our pleasures by mutual participation."

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Source : Samuel Richardson (2014). “Clarissa Harlowe, or The History of a Young Lady - Complete”, p.730, Simon and Schuster

Samuel Richardson

#Inspirational Quotes #Marriage Quotes #Care Quotes

“Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better.”
“I refer to the debt - the new red menace. This time consisting of ink.”
“England is so surrounded by the boredom of conventionalities, that it is all one to them whether music is good or bad, since they have to hear it from morning till night. For here they have flower-shows with music, dinners with music, sales with music...”
“Pay attention, don't let life go by you. Fall in love with the back of your cereal box.”
“In a free society, we will tolerate boorish people, who have abhorrent behavior, but if we're civilized people, we publicly criticize that, and don't belong to those groups, or don't associate with those people.”
“I cannot articulate enough to express my dislike to people who think that understanding spoils your experience... How would they know?”
“To err is human; to forgive, divine.”

Source : An Essay on Criticism l. 525 (1711). The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs notes, "Although known in Latin (humanum est errare, it is human to err) and in earlier English versions, this saying is generally quoted in Pope's words." The ODP cites "To offend is humaine, to repent diuine" (Henry Wotton, 1578) and "To erre is humane, to repent is divine" (James Howell, 1659).
“My default position is not to be an actor. My default position is to be a follower of Jesus Christ. If that means I continue in acting, great! I'd love that. But if it means I need to change professions someday because I can't provide for my family, well, that's what I need to do.”

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