Marriage

the great secret of modern love,
the great Fact of Life that no one tells you at school,
is IT WEARS OFF

"I personally know of four happy marriages: those of Mr and Mrs T W Burchill of Bristol; Mr and Mrs V Raven of Preston Park, East Sussex; my Auntie Dolly Brain and her ever-hunky husband Harold; and Annette and Colin Underwood of Brighton. That's it. For the great majority of marriages seem to me to be a vale of tears wrapped in a sea of loneliness. Fine for a day trip, but you wouldn't want to live there..."