The sum which two married people owe to one another defies calculation. It is an infinite debt, which can only be discharged through all eternity.

Der menschliche Zustand ist so hoch in Leiden und Freuden gesetzt, daß gar nicht berechnet werden kann, was ein Paar Gatten einander schuldig werden. Es ist eine unendliche Schuld, die nur durch die Ewigkeit abgetragen werden kann.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Elective Affinities

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Marriage

Speaker

Mittler

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Source

Elective Affinities

Medium

Novel

Language

German

Time

1808 1800s 19th century

Occupation

Writer

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Germany Europe

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Original Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Die Wahlvenwandtschaften [Elective Affinities]. Tubingen: J. G. Cottaische Buchhandlung, 1809, bk. 1, ch. 9.

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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Elective Affinities, translated by David Constantine. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1, ch. 9.

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He who doesn't see his lover's faults as virtues is not in love.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Spruche in Prosa Maximen und Reflexionen [Sayings in Prose, Maxims and Reflections]. c. 1840, no. 843.

Current Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Maxims and Reflections, translated by Elizabeth Stopp, edited by Peter Hutchinson. Penguin Books, 2005, no. 843.

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To govern is to choose.

Pierre-Marc-Gaston de Lévis

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Pierre-Marc-Gaston de Lévis
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Time
1808 1800s 19th century
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Levis, Pierre Marc Gaston. "Maximes de Politique." Maximes et reflexions sur differents sujets. Paris, 1808, no. 19.

Another quote about Marriage

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

Lucretia Mott

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Equality in relationships Marriage Men and women

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Lucretia Mott
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Language
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Time
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Another quote originally in German

Every parting gives a foretaste of death; every coming together again a foretaste of the resurrection.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Psychological Remarks

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Saying goodbye

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Arthur Schopenhauer
Source
Psychological Remarks Parerga and Paralipomena
Language
German
Time
1851 1850s 19th century
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Schopenhauer, Arthur. "Psychologische Bemerfungen [Psychological Observations]." Parerga und Paralipomena. Vol. 2, Berlin: Druck und Verlag von U. W. Haan, 1851.

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