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The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock.

Christopher Morley

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Christopher Morley
Age: 66 †
Born: 1890
Born: May 5
Died: 1957
Died: March 28
Journalist
Opinion Journalist
Poet
Writer
Bryn Mawr
Pennsylvania
Enough
Much
Wedlock
Lock
Locks
Wedding
Trouble
Literature
Inspirational

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