“ Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures. ”
Samuel Johnson, The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia (1759). copy citation
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
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| Source | The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia |
| Topic | marriage pleasure celibacy |
| Date | 1759 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/652/652-h/652-h.htm |
Context
“To live without feeling or exciting sympathy, to be fortunate without adding to the felicity of others, or afflicted without tasting the balm of pity, is a state more gloomy than solitude; it is not retreat but exclusion from mankind. Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.»
«What then is to be done?» said Rasselas. «The more we inquire the less we can resolve. Surely he is most likely to please himself that has no other inclination to regard.»
p. 103CHAPTER XXVII” source
«What then is to be done?» said Rasselas. «The more we inquire the less we can resolve. Surely he is most likely to please himself that has no other inclination to regard.»
p. 103CHAPTER XXVII” source
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