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Marriage, well. I think of it as a marvellous thing for other people, like going to the stake.

— Philip Larkin

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I never think of poetry or the poetry scene, only separate poems written by individuals.

The first day after a death, the new absence
Is always the same; we should be careful
Of each other, we should be kind
While there is still time.

Talking in bed ought to be easiest,
Lying together there goes back so far,
An emblem of two people being honest.

The Whitsun Weddings (1964)

I search myself for illusions like a monkey looking for fleas.

But superstition, like belief, must die,
And what remains when disbelief has gone?

The Less Deceived (1955)

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The confusion of marriage with morality has done more to destroy the conscience of the human race than any other single error.

George Bernard Shaw Man and Superman (1903)

Men marry because they are tired; women because they are curious. Both are disappointed.

Oscar Wilde A Woman of No Importance (1893)

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.

Samuel Johnson

The best way to worship God is to love your wife.

Victor Hugo Les Misérables (1862)

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