Quotation by

Jane Austen

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

Happiness

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Jane Austen suggests that whether a marriage brings happiness depends mostly on luck rather than effort or choice. This means that people cannot fully control or predict the joy they will find in marriage.

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