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Benjamin Franklin on Marriage

1706–1790 United States

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4 quotes

There are three faithful friends,
an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

Poor Richard's Almanack (1734)

Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.

Poor Richard (1734)

An undutiful Daughter will prove an unmanageable Wife.

Poor Richard (1752)

Rich widows are the only secondhand goods that sell at first-class prices.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Benjamin Franklin (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.