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

Vol. 2, Ch. 27, § 370
Variant translation: To marry is to halve your rights and double your duties.
Parerga and Paralipomena (1851), Counsels and Maxims

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