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Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure Quotes: People go on marrying because they can't resist natural forces, although many of them may know perfectly well that they are possibly buying a month's pleasure with a life's discomfort.
         

People go on marrying because they can't resist natural forces, although many of them may know perfectly well that they are possibly buying a month's pleasure with a life's discomfort.


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People go on marrying because they can't resist natural forces, although many of them may know perfectly well that they are possibly buying a month's pleasure with a life's discomfort.
         



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You concede nothing to me and I have to concede everything to you.



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And then he again uneasily saw, as he had latterly seen with more and more frequency, the scorn of Nature for man’s finer emotions, and her lack of interest in his aspirations.



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Then if children make so much trouble, why do people have 'em?



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I think that whenever children be born that are not wanted they should be killed directly, before their souls come to 'em, and not allowed to grow big and walk about!



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The purpose of a chronicler of moods and deeds does not require him to express his personal views upon the grave controversy above given.



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An average woman is in this superior to an average man—that she never instigates, only responds.



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Like enthusiasts in general, he made no inquiries into details of procedure.





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