Is not marriage an open question, when it is alleged, from the beginning of the world, that such as are in the institution wish to get out, and such as are out wish to get in?
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A selected quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Is not marriage an open question, when it is alleged, from the beginning of the world, that such as are in the institution wish to get out, and such as are out wish to get in?
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Wedding: A ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes to become nothing, and nothing undertakes to become supportable.
To get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with
One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife
Marriage: The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress and two slaves, making in all, two