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The highest happiness on earth is marriage. Every man who is happily married is a successful man even if he has failed in everything else.
William Lyon Phelps
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William Lyon Phelps
Age: 78 †
Born: 1865
Born: January 2
Died: 1943
Died: August 21
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New Haven
Connecticut
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One appreciates that daily life is really good when one wakes from a horrible dream, or when one takes the first outing after a sickness. Why not realize it now?
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Never try to outsmart a woman, unless you are another woman.
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