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"Certainly the most destructive vice if you like, that a person can have. More than pride, which is supposedly the number one of the cardinal sins - is self pity. Self pity is the worst possible emotion anyone can have. And the most destructive. It is, to slightly paraphrase what Wilde said about hatred, and I think actually hatred's a subset of self pity and not the other way around - ' It destroys everything around it, except itself '.
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relationships
depression
morality
happiness
depression-humor
the-key-to-happiness
oscar-wilde
marriage-advice
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self-pity
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pride
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sin
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Stephen Fry |
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Love without sacrifice is like theft
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true-love
relationships
sacrifice
love
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb |
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If you want to marry me, here's what you'll have to do: You must learn how to make a perfect chicken-dumpling stew. And you must sew my holey socks, And soothe my troubled mind, And develop the knack for scratching my back, And keep my shoes spotlessly shined. And while I rest you must rake up the leaves, And when it is hailing and snowing You must shovel the walk...and be still when I talk, And-hey-where are you going?
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Shel Silverstein |
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For [erotically intelligent couples], love is a vessel that contains both security and adventure, and commitment offers one of the great luxuries of life: time. Marriage is not the end of romance, it is the beginning. They know that they have years in which to deepen their connection, to experiment, to regress, and even to fail. They see their relationship as something alive and ongoing, not a fait accompli. It's a story that they are writing together, one with many chapters, and neither partner knows how it will end. There's always a place they haven't gone yet, always something about the other still to be discovered.
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time
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marriage
relationships
romance
love
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Esther Perel |
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Compromise, communicate, and never go to bed angry - the three pieces of advice gifted and regifted to all newlyweds.
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loss
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anger
communication
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Gillian Flynn |
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Love is a vessel that contains both security and adventure, and commitment offers one of the great luxuries of life: time. Marriage is not the end of romance, it is the beginning.
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time
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romance
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Esther Perel |
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Never marry a person who is not a friend of your excitement.
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marriage
passion
love
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Nathaniel Branden |
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My father always says, choosing a wife is like putting your hand into a bag full of writhing creatures, with one eel to six snakes. What are the chances you will pull out the eel?
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women
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wives
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Hilary Mantel |
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Men and women who have lived together over long years get to know one another's failings; but they also come to know what is worthy of respect and admiration in those they live with and in themselves.
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marriage
marriage-advice
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Elizabeth Gilbert |
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...and no man gave you a fur coat without expecting to receive something in return. Except for one's husband, of course, who expected nothing beyond modest gratitude.
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romance
quid-pro-quo
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Kate Atkinson |