To marry is to halve your rights and double your duties.

Heißt heiraten seine Rechte halbieren und seine Pflichten verdoppeln.

Arthur Schopenhauer

On Women

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Topic

Marriage

Author

Arthur Schopenhauer

Source

On Women Parerga and Paralipomena

Language

German

Time

1819 1810s 19th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

Germany Europe

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Original Citation

Schopenhauer, Arthur. "Ueber die Weiber [On Women]." Parerga und Paralipomena. Vol. 2, Berlin: Druck und Verlag von U. W. Haan, 1851.

Current Citation

Schopenhauer, Arthur. "On Women." Parerga and Paralipomena, translated by Adrian Del Caro and Christopher Janaway. Vol. 2, Cambridge University Press, 2017.

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Author

Rainer Maria Rilke
Source
Letters to a Young Poet
Medium
Letter
Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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Original Citation

Rilke, Rainer Maria. Letter to Franz Kappus. 16 July 1903.

Current Citation

Rilke, Rainer Maria. Letters to a Young Poet, translated by Charlie Louth. Penguin Classics, 2014.