"If you are afraid of loneliness, don't marry." — Anton Chekhov

To get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with

Source: Following the Equator, ch. 48 (1897)

Wedding: A ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes to become nothing, and nothing undertakes to become supportable.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary (1911)

Fear death? - to feel the fog in my throat, the mist in my face

Source: Prospice (1864)

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance

Source: Pride and Prejudice (1813)

It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should refuse an offer of marriage

Source: Emma (1815)

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry

Source: Miscellaneous Aphorisms (1911)

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