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Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures. — Samuel Johnson

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Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.

Samuel Johnson
The Prince of Abissinia: A Tale · 1759
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Topic
Challenges of marriageMarriageCelibacy
Medium
Novel
Time
1759Age of Enlightenment
Person
Samuel Johnson
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Current citation
Johnson, Samuel. The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia. Penguin Classics, 2007, ch. 26.
Original citation
Johnson, Samuel. The Prince of Abissinia: A Tale. London: R. and J. Dodsley/W. Johnston, 1759, ch. 26.

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