Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two. (Ambrose Bierce)

Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.

Ambrose Bierce

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