"Whoever marries the spirit of this age will find himself a widower in the next."

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"Whoever marries the spirit of this age will find himself a widower in the next."

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Friedrich Schiller, German Dramatist

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss Philosopher

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Thomas Carlyle, Scottish Philosopher

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