Quote by Samuel Richardson
Marriage is the highest state of friendship. If happy, it lessens

Marriage is the highest state of friendship. If happy, it lessens our cares by dividing them, at the same time that it doubles our pleasures by mutual participation. – Samuel Richardson

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