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> [I do think there is much truth in the Young German idea that marriage is a shockingly immoral institution, as well as what we have long known it for - an extremely disagreeable one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-welsh-carlyle/i-do-think-there-is-much-truth-in-the-young-german-idea-that-marriage/)

[Jane Welsh Carlyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-welsh-carlyle/)

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## More by Jane Welsh Carlyle

> [Homeopathy - an invention of the Father of Lies! I have tried it and found it wanting. I would swallow their whole doles' medicine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-welsh-carlyle/homeopathy-an-invention-of-the-father-of-lies-i-have-tried-it-and/)

[Jane Welsh Carlyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-welsh-carlyle/)

> [In spite of the honestest efforts to annihilate my I-ity, or merge it in what the world doubtless considers my better half, I still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-welsh-carlyle/in-spite-of-the-honestest-efforts-to-annihilate-my-i-ity-or-merge-it/)

[Jane Welsh Carlyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-welsh-carlyle/)

> [There is nothing like a good bit of pain for taking the conceit out of one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-welsh-carlyle/there-is-nothing-like-a-good-bit-of-pain-for-taking-the-conceit-out/)

[Jane Welsh Carlyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-welsh-carlyle/)

> [The triumphal-procession-air which, in our manners and customs, is given to marriage at the outset - that singing of Te Deum before the battle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-welsh-carlyle/the-triumphal-procession-air-which-in-our-manners-and-customs-is/)

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> [The habits of study in which I have been brought up have done much to support me. I never allow myself to be one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-welsh-carlyle/the-habits-of-study-in-which-i-have-been-brought-up-have-done-much-to/)

[Jane Welsh Carlyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-welsh-carlyle/)

> [Does not a man physically tremble under the mere look of a wild beast or fellow-man that is stronger than himself? Does not a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-welsh-carlyle/does-not-a-man-physically-tremble-under-the-mere-look-of-a-wild-beast/)

[Jane Welsh Carlyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-welsh-carlyle/)

> [A fashionable wife! Oh! Never will I be anything so heartless! I have pictured for myself a far higher destiny than this. - Will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-welsh-carlyle/a-fashionable-wife-oh-never-will-i-be-anything-so-heartless-i-have/)

[Jane Welsh Carlyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-welsh-carlyle/)

> [Men may be rivals, opponents in their fortunes, and yet be friends in their hearts and fair towards each other's worth; but woman, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-welsh-carlyle/men-may-be-rivals-opponents-in-their-fortunes-and-yet-be-friends-in/)

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> [Blessed be the inventor of photography! I set him above even the inventor of chloroform! It has given more positive pleasure to poor suffering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-welsh-carlyle/blessed-be-the-inventor-of-photography-i-set-him-above-even-the/)

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> [The surest way to get a thing in this life is to be prepared for doing without it, to the exclusion even of hope.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-welsh-carlyle/the-surest-way-to-get-a-thing-in-this-life-is-to-be-prepared-for/)

[Jane Welsh Carlyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-welsh-carlyle/)

> [It is much to be wished that one had a post that knew what it was doing again; and lawmakers that knew what they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-welsh-carlyle/it-is-much-to-be-wished-that-one-had-a-post-that-knew-what-it-was/)

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> [I wonder that among all the evils deprecated in the Liturgy, no one thought of inserting flitting. Is there any worse thing? Oh no,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-welsh-carlyle/i-wonder-that-among-all-the-evils-deprecated-in-the-liturgy-no-one/)

[Jane Welsh Carlyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-welsh-carlyle/)

> [Never does one feel oneself so utterly helpless as in trying to speak comfort for great bereavement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-welsh-carlyle/never-does-one-feel-oneself-so-utterly-helpless-as-in-trying-to-speak/)

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> [Who knows but I shall grow reasonable at last, descend from my ideal heaven to the real earth, marry, and - Oh Plato! -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-welsh-carlyle/who-knows-but-i-shall-grow-reasonable-at-last-descend-from-my-ideal/)

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> [If they had said that the sun or the moon had gone out of the heavens, it could not have struck me with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-welsh-carlyle/if-they-had-said-that-the-sun-or-the-moon-had-gone-out-of-the-heavens/)

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