Once you are married, there is nothing left for you, not even suicide.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

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An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.

An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.

Wine is bottled poetry.

Wine is bottled poetry.

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage...

Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage...

Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.

Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.

If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success...

If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success...

To be rich in admiration and free from envy, to rejoice greatly in the good...

To be rich in admiration and free from envy, to rejoice greatly in the good...

Wine is bottled poetry.

Wine is bottled poetry.

When a torrent sweeps a man against a boulder, you must expect him to scream,...

When a torrent sweeps a man against a boulder, you must expect him to scream,...

The existence of a man is so small a thing to take, so mighty a...

The existence of a man is so small a thing to take, so mighty a...

The world is full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be...

The world is full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be...

Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has...

Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has...

It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon...

It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon...

Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle, not a bed of...

Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle, not a bed of...

You can read Kant by yourself, if you wanted to; but you must share a...

You can read Kant by yourself, if you wanted to; but you must share a...

If your morals make you dreary, depend upon it, they are wrong

If your morals make you dreary, depend upon it, they are wrong

Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably...

Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably...

Even if the doctor does not give you a year, even if he hesitates about...

Even if the doctor does not give you a year, even if he hesitates about...

I've a grand memory for forgetting.

I've a grand memory for forgetting.

Nothing made by brute force lasts.

Nothing made by brute force lasts.