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The best part of married life is the fights. The rest is merely so-so.

Thornton Wilder

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Thornton Wilder
Age: 78 †
Born: 1897
Born: April 17
Died: 1975
Died: December 7
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Madison
Wisconsin
Thornton Niven Wilder
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Best
Life
Fights
Merely
Married
Marriage
Rest
Fighting

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