Divorce (or the dissolution of marriage) is the final termination of a marital union, canceling the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage and dissolving the bonds of matrimony between the parties (unlike annulment which declares the marriage null and void). Divorce laws vary considerably around the world but in most countries it requires the sanction of a court or other authority in a legal process. The legal process for divorce may also ...
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- You know, that's the only good thing about divorce; you get to sleep with your mother. ,
- The possibility of divorce renders both marriage partners stricter in their observance of the duties they owe to each other. Divorces help to improve morals and to increase the population. ,
- Love, the quest; marriage, the conquest; divorce, the inquest. ,
- Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient. ,
- France may claim the happiest marriages in the world, but the happiest divorces in the world are made in America. ,
- Being divorced is like being hit by a Mack truck. If you live through it, you start looking very carefully to the right and to the left. ,
- Two lives that once part are as ships that divide. ,
- Divorce. A resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries. ,
- Many divorces are not really the result of irreparable injury but involve, instead, a desire on the part of the man or woman to shatter the setup, start out from scratch alone, and make life work for them all over again. They want the risk of disaster, want to touch bottom, see where bottom is, and, coming up, to breathe the air with relief and relish again. ,
- If you think you have trouble supporting a wife, try not supporting her.
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