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A system could not well have been devised more studiously hostile to human happiness than marriage.

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1821). “Queen Mab, a philosophical poem, with notes. [reputed to have been given by the author to W. Francis. Wanting the title-leaf, dedication and part of the last leaf].”, p.110
A system could not well have been devised more studiously hostile to human happiness than marriage.