The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.

Quote by Peter De Vries

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Marriage is a lottery in which men stake their liberty and women their happiness

Marriage is a lottery in which men stake their liberty and women their happiness

Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.

Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.

I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.

I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.

Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is...

Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is...

I wanted to be bored to death, as good a way to go as any.

I wanted to be bored to death, as good a way to go as any.

Pain is the question mark turned like a fishhook in the human heart.

Pain is the question mark turned like a fishhook in the human heart.

Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us.

Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us.

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

We are not primarily put on this earth to see through one another, but to...

We are not primarily put on this earth to see through one another, but to...

My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he...

My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he...

Let us hope, that a kind Providence will put a speedy end to the acts...

Let us hope, that a kind Providence will put a speedy end to the acts...

When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I...

When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I...

The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums.

The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums.

Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.

Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine...

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine...

There are times when parenthood seems nothing more than feeding the hand that bites you

There are times when parenthood seems nothing more than feeding the hand that bites you

The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination...

The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination...

The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly.

The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly.

I never married because I have three pets at home that answer the same purpose...

I never married because I have three pets at home that answer the same purpose...

Marriages may be made in heaven, but man is responsible for the maintenance work

Marriages may be made in heaven, but man is responsible for the maintenance work

To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at...

To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at...