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"...But love is like the measles; the later in life it affects you, the more severe the consequences"
"Is there anything you can take for it?"
"Only wedding vows"

— Len Deighton

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The tragedy of marriage is that while all women marry thinking that their man will change, all men marry believing their wife will never change.

Capitalism is the exploitation of man by man. Yes? Well socialism is exactly the reverse.

Cynics are disappointed romantics; they keep looking for someone to admire and can never find anyone.

Progress is man's indifference to the lessons of history.

"When old men decided to barter young men for pride and profit, the transaction was called war."

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