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What portion of himself or herself any one complicated physical and psychological human being really and truly 'conveys' to another by means of the simple contract known as the "plighted troth" or that of a larger deed called the called the "solemnization of matrimony", is a riddle difficult of solution; and as to how much one may claim on the strength of one or other of these indentures, that is a more difficult problem still.
In no amatorial contract, probably, is it possible to include or to enumerate all the hereditaments, messuages, or appurtenances, involved. Certainly
How great so ever the community of interest, M and N remain for ever M and N.
Is there not always something in the "eternal feminine" which cannot quite coalesce with the ephemeral masculine? Probably,
Trust your wife with your purse, and seven times out of ten it will grow heavy.
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Many a woman, by man, is accepted at her face value.
Many a man, by woman, is taken on trust. It is difficult to tell whether
More bad debts are contracted by giving credit than by taking at face value. For