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since they have no religious content or meaning, they are
suitable for both civil and religious services. Please note,
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To
whom I owe the leaping delight
That quickens my senses in our walkingtime
And the rhythm that governs the repose of our sleepingtime,
The breathing in unison.
Of lovers whose bodies smell of each other
Who think the same thoughts without need of speech
And babble the same speech without need of meaning.
No peevish winter wind shall chill
No sullen tropic sun shall wither
The roses in the rose-garden which is ours and ours only
But this dedication is for others to read:
These are my private words addressed to you in public.
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I promise to give you the best of myself
and to ask of you no more than you can give.
I promise to respect you as your own person
and to realise that your interests, desires and needs
are no less important than my own.
I promise to share with you my time and my attention
and to bring joy, strength and imagination to our relationship.
I promise to keep myself open to you,
to let you see through the window of my world into my innermost
fears
and feelings, secrets and dreams.
I promise to grow along with you,
to be willing to face changes in order to keep our relationship
alive and exciting.
I promise to love you
in good times and in bad,
with all I have to give and all I feel inside in the only
way I know how.
Completely and forever.
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Let
your love be stronger than your hate or anger.
Learn the wisdom of compromise, for it is better to bend a
little than to break.
Believe the best rather than the worst.
People have a way of living up or down to your opinion of
them.
Remember that true friendship is the basis for any lasting
relationship.
The person you choose to marry is deserving of the courtesies
and kindnesses you bestow on your friends.
Please hand this down to your children and your children's
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Never marry but for love; but see that thou lovest what is lovely.
He that minds a body and not a soul has not the better part
of that relationship, and will consequently lack the noblest
comfort of a married life.
Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but love. As
love ought to bring them together, so it is the best way to
keep them well together.
A husband and wife that love one another show their children
that they should do so too. Others visibly lose their authority
in their families by their contempt of one another, and teach
their children to be unnatural by their own examples.
Let not enjoyment lessen, but augment, affection; it being the
basest of passions to like when we have not, what we slight
when we possess.
Here it is we ought to search out our pleasure, where the field
is large and full of variety, and of an enduring nature; sickness,
poverty or disgrace being not able to shake it because it is
not under the moving influences of worldly contingencies.
Nothing can be more entire and without reserve; nothing more
zealous, affectionate and sincere; nothing more contented than
such a couple, nor greater temporal felicity than to be one
of them.
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Happiness
in marriage is not something that just happens.
A good marriage must be created.
In marriage the little things are the big things.
It is never being too old to hold hands.
It is remembering to say "I love you" at least once
a day.
It is never going to sleep angry.
It is at no time taking the other for granted; the courtship
should not end with the honeymoon, it should continue through
all the years.
It is having a mutual sense of values and common objectives.
It is standing together facing the world.
It is forming a circle of love that gathers in the whole family.
It is doing things for each other, not in the attitude of duty
or sacrifice, but in the spirit of joy.
It is speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating gratitude
in thoughtful ways.
It is not looking for perfection in each other.
It is cultivating flexibility, patience, understanding and a
sense of humour.
It is having the capacity to forgive and forget.
It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow.
It is a common search for the good and the beautiful.
It is establishing a relationship in which the independence
is equal, dependence is mutual and the obligation is reciprocal.
It is not only marrying the right partner, it is being the right
partner.
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A good marriage
must be created.
In marriage the little things are the big things...
It is never being too old to hold hands,
It is remembering to say "I love you" at least once
a day,
It is never going to sleep angry,
It is having a mutual sense of values and common objectives,
It is standing together and facing the world,
It is forming a circle of love that gathers in the whole family,
It is speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating gratitude
in thoughtful ways,
It is having the capacity to forgive and forget,
It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow,
It is a common search for the good and the beautiful,
It is not only marrying the right person, it is being the right
partner.
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