Simone de Beauvoir quote about marriage from The Second Sex - The drama of marriage is not that it does not guarantee the wife the promised happiness—there is no guarantee of happiness—it is that it mutilates her; it dooms her to repetition and routine.
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“ The drama of marriage is not that it does not guarantee the wife the promised happiness—there is no guarantee of happiness—it is that it mutilates her; it dooms her to repetition and routine. ”
 Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex (1949). copy citation

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Author Simone de Beauvoir
Source The Second Sex
Topic marriage happiness routine
Date 1949
Language English
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Note Translated by Constance Borde and 
Sheila Malovany Chevallier
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“Le drame du mariage, ce n'est pas qu'il n'assure pas à la femme le bonheur qu'il lui promet — il n'y a pas d'assurance sur le bonheur — c'est qu'il la mutile — il la voue à la répétition et à la routine.” Simone de Beauvoir, Le Deuxième Sexe

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Simone de Beauvoir quote about marriage from The Second Sex - The drama of marriage is not that it does not guarantee the wife the promised happiness—there is no guarantee of happiness—it is that it mutilates her; it dooms her to repetition and routine.
Simone de Beauvoir quote about marriage from The Second Sex - The drama of marriage is not that it does not guarantee the wife the promised happiness—there is no guarantee of happiness—it is that it mutilates her; it dooms her to repetition and routine.