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Often the difference between a successful marriage and a mediocre one consists of leaving about three or four things a day unsaid.

—Harlan Miller

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About Harlan Miller

Harlan Miller (born June 20, 1994) is an American professional football safety who is currently a free agent. He most recently played for the Massachusetts Pirates of the Indoor Football League (IFL). He played college football for the Southeastern Louisiana Lions, and was selected by the Arizona Cardinals in the...

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Such is the common process of marriage. A youth and maiden meeting by chance, or brought together by artifice, exchange glances, reciprocate civilities, go home, and dream of one another. Having little to divert attention, or diversify thought, they find themselves uneasy when they are apart, and therefore conclude that they shall be happy together. They marry, and discover what nothing but voluntary blindness had before concealed; they wear out life in altercations, and charge nature with cruelty.

—Samuel Johnson in The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia

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