Both marriage and death ought to be welcome: the one promises happines…

Mark Twain
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Both marriage and death ought to be welcome: the one promises happiness, doubtless the other assures it. ✨ Mark Twain (2014). Mark Twain’s Letters & Speeches (Annotated Edition), p.563, Jazzybee Verlag
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