Love and marriage rarely can combine, Although they both are born in the same… — Lord Byron

Love and marriage rarely can combine, Although they both are born in the same clime; Marriage from love, like vinegar from wine— A sad, sour, sober beverage—by time Is sharpen'd from its high celestial flavour, Down to a very homely household savour.

Don Juan · 1821
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Lord Byron. "Don Juan." Lord Byron: The Major Works, edited by Jerome J. McGann. Oxford University Press, 2008, canto 3, st. 5.
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Lord Byron. Don Juan. London: John Murray, 1821, canto 3, st. 5.