No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century.

Mark Twain

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Topic

Marriage Men and women Love

Author

Mark Twain

Source

Journals of Mark Twain

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1894 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Humorist Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Twain, Mark. Mark Twain's Notebook, edited by Albert Bigelow Paine. The Mark Twain Company, 1932, ch. 21. Originally from Notebook, c. 1894.

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On Earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.

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Topic
Heaven and earth Heaven

Author

Jules Renard
Source
Journals of Jules Renard
Medium
Personal journal
Language
French
Time
1896 1890s 19th century
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Original Citation

Renard, Jules. Journal entry. Dec. 1896.

Current Citation

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In the true marriage relation, the independence of the husband and wife is equal, the dependence mutual and their obligations reciprocal.

Lucretia Mott

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Topic
Equality in relationships Marriage Men and women

Author

Lucretia Mott
Medium
Letter
Language
English
Time
1880 1880s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Mott, Lucretia. Spoken by Mott and written down by Susan B. Anthony. c. 1829.