"Marriage, like money, is still with us; and, like money, progressively devalued."

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Source : Robert Graves (1965). “Mammon and the black goddess”

Robert Graves

#Marriage Quotes #Stills Quotes

“You know, I use organic products, but I get [laser treatments]. It's what makes life interesting, finding the balance between cigarettes and tofu.”
“While awaiting sentencing, I decided to give stand-up comedy a shot. The judge had suggested I get my act together, and I took him seriously.”
“We two are to ourselves a crowd.”
“The forces of safety are afoot in the land. I, for one, believe it is a conspiracy - a conspiracy of Safety Nazis shouting "Sieg Health" and seeking to trammel freedom, liberty, and large noisy parties. The Safety Nazis advocate gun control, vigorous exercise, and health foods. The result can only be a disarmed, exhausted, and half-starved population ready to acquiesce to dictatorship of some kind.”
“Now suppose both death and hell were utterly defeated.Â Suppose the fight was fixed.Â Suppose God took you on a crystal ball trip into your future and you saw with indubitable certainty that despite everything â€” your sin, your smallness, your stupidity â€” you could have free for the asking your whole crazy heartâ€™s deepest desire: heaven, eternal joy.Â Would you not return fearless and singing?Â What can earth do to you, if you are guaranteed heaven?Â To fear the worst earthly loss would be like a millionaire fearing the loss of a penny â€” less, a scratch on a penny.”
“Who hesitate and falter life away, and lose tomorrow the ground won today.”
“Fold and live to fold again.”
“Usually we are saying only part of the truth.”

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