“Passion and marriage are essentially irreconcilable. Their origins and their ends make them mutually exclusive. Their co-existence in our midst constantly raises insoluble problems, and the strife thereby engendered constitutes a persistent danger for every one of our social safeguards.”
Quote by Denis de Rougemont
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Denis de Rougemont
Denis de Rougemont was a Swiss writer renowned for his studies on love and marriage. His works profoundly explored the relationship between human emotions and social structures. more
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