It is so far from being natural for a man and woman to live in a state of marriage, that we find all the motives which they have for remaining in that connection, and the restraints which civilized society imposes to prevent separation, are hardly sufficient to keep them together.
Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, by James Boswell
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Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in journal entry, written by James Boswell. 31 Mar. 1772.
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Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, written by James Boswell, edited by David Womersley. Penguin Classics, 2008.
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