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Peter De Vries (February 27, 1910 - September 28, 1993) was an American editor and novelist known for his satiric wit

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The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.

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Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff - it is a palliative rather than a remedy.

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Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff -- it is a palliative rather than a remedy.

– Peter De Vries

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Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.

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Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us.

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I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning.

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It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us.

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It is the final proof of Gods omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us.

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Life is a zoo in a jungle.

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My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he could hate that too.

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Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

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The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds -- they mature slowly.

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The murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.

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The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums.

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The rich aren't like us; they pay less taxes.

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There are times when parenthood seems nothing but feeding the mouth that bites you.

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We all learn by experience but some of us have to go to summer school.

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When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I begin to think of the victims of intact ones.

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