Marriage is a wonderful invention; but, then again, so is a bicycle repair kit.

Billy Connolly

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Topic

Marriage

Speaker

Billy Connolly

Language

English

Time

1976 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Comedian

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Connolly, Billy. Quoted in Billy Connolly, written by Duncan Campbell. Macmillan, 1976.

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Topic
Fear of change Aging
Speaker
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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Citation

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The sum which two married people owe to one another defies calculation. It is an infinite debt, which can only be discharged through all eternity.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Elective Affinities

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Topic
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Speaker
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Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Source
Elective Affinities
Medium
Novel
Language
German
Time
1808 1800s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Die Wahlvenwandtschaften [Elective Affinities]. Tubingen: J. G. Cottaische Buchhandlung, 1809, bk. 1, ch. 9.

Current Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Elective Affinities, translated by David Constantine. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1, ch. 9.