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• Marriage, in life, is like a duel in the middle of a battle. ABOUT
• The war of life is not to be decided in a single battle.
• In the midst of life we are in death. -- Book of Common Prayer -- The Burial Service
• We're about as similar as...two completely dissimilar things in a pod.
  -- Edmund : Duel and Duality...
• It's like that story...'The Prince and the Porpoise'.
  '...and the _Pauper_', sir. Oh, yes, yes, 'The Prince and the Porpoise....
• DUEL, n. A formal ceremony preliminary to the reconciliation of two enemies.
  Great skill is necessary to its satisfactory observance...
• It has long been noticed that juries are pitiless for robbery and full of indulgence for infanticide.
  A question of interest, my dear Sir! The jury is afraid of being robbed and has passed the age when it could be a victim of infanticide....
• Marriage is learning about women the hard way.
• Nothing anybody tells you about marriage helps.