Relationships should be based on value and fact, on how you get on, on what things you enjoy together. I think romance has caused more unhappiness almost than anything.

Diana Athill

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Romance Relationships Love Unhappiness

Speaker

Diana Athill

Source

Write, Never Marry, and Other Love Advice from Simone de Beauvoir's Editor Lenny's Letter

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

2017 2010s 21st century

Occupation

Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Athill, Diana. "Write, Never Marry, and Other Love Advice from Simone de Beauvoir's Editor." Written by Anya Raza. Lenny Letter, 21 Apr. 2017.

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Sextus Propertius
Source
Elegies
Medium
Poem
Language
Latin
Time
24 BC 20s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Sextus Propertius. Elegies. c. 24 BC, bk. 2.

Current Citation

Sextus Propertius. Elegies, edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Harvard University Press, 1990, bk. 2.