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Jean de la Bruyere

Marriage, it seems, confines every man to his proper rank.

Marriage

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Marriage limits a man to the social or economic position he truly belongs to, preventing him from rising above or falling below it. It suggests that through marriage, a person's true status becomes clear and fixed.

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