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
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
A humorous, yet provocative, observation on marriage.
~4th century BC
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