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  • It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination.

    Samuel Johnson
    Marriage, Wedding, People
    Samuel Johnson, James Boswell (1825). “The Table Talk of Dr. Johnson: Comprising Opinions and Anecdotes of Life and Literature, Men, Manners, and Morals”, p.163

  • Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.

    Samuel Johnson
    Marriage, Wedding, Pain
    Rasselas ch. 26 (1759)

  • The triumph of hope over experience.

    Samuel Johnson
    Marriage, Funny Love, Hope
    Quoted in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) (entry for 1770)

  • I would advise no man to marry who is not likely to propagate understanding.

    Samuel Johnson
    Marriage, Wedding, Men
    Samuel Johnson (1836). “Johnsoniana; or supplement to Boswell; being Anecdotes and sayings of Dr. Johnson, etc”, p.34
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  • Born: September 18, 1709
  • Died: December 13, 1784
  • Occupation: Writer
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