“Marriage, it seems, confines every man to his proper rank.”

— Jean de La Bruyère, book Les Caractères

[I]l semble que le mariage met tout le monde dans son ordre.
Aphorism 25
Les Caractères (1688), Du mérite personnel

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17th-century French writer and philosopher 1645–1696

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Bernard Cornwell (1944) British writer

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“The proper basis for marriage is a mutual misunderstanding.”

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“The home seems to me to be the proper sphere for the man. And certainly once a man begins to neglect his domestic duties he becomes painfully effeminate, does he not?”

Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest

Gwendolen, Act II
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“A man’s friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage—but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends.”

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“The value and rank of a learned man is more than his knowledge.”

Ali al-Hadi (829–868) imam

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“For when every judgement is the act of hym that judgeth, it behoveth that every man performe hys worke and purpose, not by any forayne or straunge power or facultie, but by his owne proper power, and strength.”

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“In the world of thought a man’s rank is determined, not by his average work, but by his highest achievement.”

John Lancaster Spalding (1840–1916) Catholic bishop

Source: Aphorisms and Reflections (1901), p. 13

“The women’s movement warned every girl how marriage can seduce her to make a sacrifice of her career. But no one warned every boy how marriage can seduce him to make a sacrifice in his career.”

Warren Farrell (1943) author, spokesperson, expert witness, political candidate

Source: The Boy Crisis (2018), pp. 57

“The books of hawking assign to the different ranks of persons the sort of hawks proper to be used by them: and they are placed in the following order”

Joseph Strutt (1749–1802) British engraver, artist, antiquary and writer

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