THOUGHTS ABOUT MARRIAGE.
Married in haste, we repent at leisure. —Congreve. Never marry bat for love, but see that thou lovest what is lovely.—Penn. Men marry to make an end, women to make a beginning.—A. Dupuy. Humble wedlock is far better than proud virginity.—Augustine.
A man finds himself seven years older the day after his marriage.—Bacon. For any man to match above his rank is but to sell his liberty.—Massinger. The reason why so few marriages are happy is because young ladies spend their time in making nets, not in making cages.—Swift. A person's character is but half formed if he be unfoitunatae in his marriage.— Dac-ier. As the husband is. the wife is: if mated with a clown, t lie grossuess of his nature will have weight to drag thee down.—Tennyson.
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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2170, 20 August 1897, Page 4
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