“According to polygamy, men are royals and women so loyal.”
“Civilizations founded upon polygamy have always given way to those founded upon monogamy. Polygamy weakens men and diminishes the charm of the community in which it is practiced; and in any case it is foreign to the tastes and requirements of our modern women.”
Un Art de Vivre (The Art of Living) (1939), The Art of Marriage
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