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They dream in Courtship, but in Wedlock wake. — Alexander Pope · 1704
She knew how to allure by denying, and to make the gift rich by delaying it. — Anthony Trollope · 1867
Happy’s the Wooing that’s not long a doing. — Benjamin Franklin · 1734
I’ve been dating since I was fifteen! I’m exhausted! Where is he? — Charlotte (Sex and the City) · 2000
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Relationships: easy to get into, hard to maintain. Why are they so hard to maintain? Cause it’s hard to keep up the lie. 'Cause you can't get nobody being you. You got to lie to get somebody. You can't get nobody lookin' like you look, actin' like you act, soundin' like you sound. That's right, when you meet somebody for the first time, you're not meeting them. You're meeting their representative! — Chris Rock · 1999
A date is an experience you have with another person that makes you appreciate being alone. — Larry David · 2011
For love is but discovery: When that is made, the pleasure's done. — Thomas Southerne · 1690
Courtship to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play. — William Congreve · 1693