“Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.”
Voltaire (1694–1778) French writer, historian, and philosopher
“The possibility of divorce renders both marriage partners stricter in their observance of the duties they owe to each other. Divorces help to improve morals and to increase the population.”
Observations on the Drawing Up of Laws (1774)
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