Quotation by

Nicolas Chamfort

Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing than history.

Marriage

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Love feels better because it is often filled with excitement and imagination, while marriage involves the reality and responsibilities that can be less enjoyable. Just like novels entertain us with stories and fantasies, history shows us facts that might be less interesting or more complicated.

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