It is so far from being natural for a man and woman to live in a state…

Samuel Johnson
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It is so far from being natural for a man and woman to live in a state of marriage, that we find all the motives which they have for remaining in that connection, and the restraints which civilised society imposes to prevent separation, are hardly sufficient to keep them together. ✨ Quoted in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) (entry for 31 Mar. 1772)
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