Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get i…

Michel de Montaigne
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Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out. ✨ Attributed to Essais by Michel de Montaigne, Book III, Ch. 5, 1595.
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