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Land and sea, weakness and decline, are great separators; but death is the great divorcer for ever.

From Life of John Keats by Rossetti, William Michael

Marriage is often the great divorcer of such friendships, and circumstances generally, which sever and estrange; because, unless there is a constant interchange of thought and ideas, increasing age tends to emphasise differences.

From At Large by Benson, Arthur Christopher

"Talák bi'l-Salásah"=a triple divorce which cannot be revoked; nor can the divorcer re-marry the same woman till after consummation with another husband.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 03 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Since then the old divorcer has been busy.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Lamb, Charles

Land and sea, weakness and decline, are great separators, but Death is the great divorcer forever.

From Among My Books Second Series by Lowell, James Russell