There are pretenses which are very sincere, and marriage is their school.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Marriage is an institution where people learn to genuinely believe in their own pretenses.
- In plain terms
- Marriage teaches people to be real about things they pretend to care about.
- What can you take from it?
- Marriage turns social pretenses into sincere habits.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can a pretense become real over time?
- What roles do we play in marriage?
Another view
It generalizes marriage as a school for pretense which ignores genuine love.
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