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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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.

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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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In the true marriage relation, the independence of the husband and wife is equal, the dependence mutual and their obligations reciprocal.

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Time
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Another quote originally in German

Happiness is the deferred fulfillment of a prehistoric wish. That is why wealth brings so little happiness; money is not an infantile wish.

Sigmund Freud

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Author

Sigmund Freud
Medium
Letter
Statement Type
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Language
German
Time
1898 1890s 19th century
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Freud, Sigmund. Letter to Wilhelm Fliess. 16 Jan. 1898.

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