"The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults."
-Peter De Vries
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"The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.“
-Peter De Vries
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"Who of us is mature enough for offspring before the offspring themselves arrive? The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults."
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"The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly."
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"The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character."
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