A Defence of Rash Vows

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They have invented a phrase, a phrase that is a black and white contradiction in two words—"free-love"—as if a lover ever had been, or ever could be, free. It is the nature of love to bind itself, and the institution of marriage merely paid the average man the compliment of taking him at his word.

G.K. Chesterton

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Topic

Casual sex Sex Commitment (relationships)

Author

G.K. Chesterton

Source

A Defence of Rash Vows The Defendant

Language

English

Time

1901 1900s 20th century

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Citation

Chesterton, G.K. "The Defendant." The Wit, Whimsy and Wisdom of G.K. Chesterton. Vol. 6, Coachwhip Publications, 2009. Originally published by R. Brinley Johnson, 1901, introduction.