Quotation by

George Bernard Shaw

Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.

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George Bernard Shaw means that marriage attracts people because it offers both many chances to be tempted and many ways to act on those temptations. In other words, it creates a situation where desires and possibilities come together strongly.

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