Quote by Julia Ward Howe

Marriage, like death, is a debt we owe to nature.

Marriage, like death, is a debt we owe to nature.

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This quote suggests that marriage is a fundamental and inevitable aspect of human life, just like death. It implies that both marriage and death are natural occurrences that humans are destined to experience. Similar to how death is an unavoidable part of the human condition, marriage is seen as an inherent obligation to fulfill in order to comply with the natural order or cycles of life. The quote implies that both marriage and death are inevitable aspects of nature's plan for human existence.

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