Quotation by

Jane Austen

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

Marriage

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Jane Austen suggests that whether a marriage is happy depends mostly on luck rather than effort or choice. This implies that external factors beyond control play a major role in determining marital happiness.

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