By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.

Father of Western philosophy

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A humorous, yet provocative, observation on marriage.

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~4th century BC

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https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/276769.Socrates

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