Le divorce est probablement de la meme date a peu pres que le mariage. Je crois pourtant que le mariage est de quelques semaines plus ancien.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Voltaire jokes that divorce and marriage have existed for about the same amount of time.
- In plain terms
- Marriage and divorce have likely been around for just as long as each other.
- What can you take from it?
- Commitment and separation are both natural parts of human relationships.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How has marriage changed over time?
- Why do unions end?
Another view
Historical records show marriage existed long before formal divorce laws.
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