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" I am not against hasty marriages, where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate income. "

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" To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often a good thing to say, and always a clever thing to say. "

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" The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an old man has for his old wife. "

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