For our hero has heard a man, whose judgement and opinion he respects, express the view that since in a marriage one ties oneself to a person for the whole of one’s life, one must be careful in one’s choice, it must be an uncommon girl whose uncommon qualities are just those needed to give one security for the whole of one’s future.
 Søren Kierkegaard, Either/Or (1843). copy citation

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Author Søren Kierkegaard
Source Either/Or
Topic judgement marriage
Date 1843
Language English
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Note Translated by Alastair Hannay
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