In our monogamous part of the world, to marry means to halve one’s rights and double one’s duties. - Arthur Schopenhauer

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In our monogamous part of the world, to marry means to halve one’s rights and double one’s duties.

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About Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer (22 February 1788 – 21 September 1860) was a German philosopher, most famous for his work The World as Will and Representation (1819).

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Marrying means to halve one's rights and double one's duties
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