"What an age do we live in, when 'tis a miracle if in ten couples that are married, two of them live so as not to publish to the world that they cannot agree."

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Source : Dorothy Osborne, Edward Abbott Parry (2014). “Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652–54”, p.184, Cambridge University Press

Dorothy Osborne

#Marriage Quotes #Couple Quotes #Two Quotes

“It happened. It was awful. You aren't perfect. That's all there is. Don't confuse your grief with guilt.”
“Most people are prisoners, thinking only about the future or living in the past. They are not in the present, and the present is where everything begins.”
“Make curiosity a wonder-ful habit.”

Source : Chip Conley (2012). “Emotional Equations: Simple Truths for Creating Happiness + Success”, p.131, Simon and Schuster
“By deafening ourselves to the emotional consequences of violence we have become confused by its relationship to sex. We have come to believe that violence equals aggression, and we have come to base our model of sexuality on our model of violence... converting an act of aggression into an act of consensual sexuality.”
“I have a problem with cleaning. It's my release. I get up at 6 A.M. and clean and hoover and mop everything. Then I feel better.”
“I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.”
“The definition of fascism is The marriage of corporation and state.”
“Today's business climate is not for me.”

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