Peter De Vries Quotes

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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It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us.

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A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car for ever after

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Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff - it is a palliative rather than a remedy

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Let us hope, that a kind Providence will put a speedy end to the acts of God under which we have been laboring

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Life is a zoo in a jungle.

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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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