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Marriage is like life in this-that it is a field of battle, and not a bed of roses.

Robert Louis Stevenson

1876

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Downsides of marriage Relationship challenges Marriage

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1876

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Robert Louis Stevenson

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Stevenson, Robert Louis. "Virginibus Puerisque." The Cornhill Magazine, vol. 34, 1876, p. 176.

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Marriage is like life in this-that it is a field of battle, and not a bed of roses. — Robert Louis Stevenson

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