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What was the quote that Ben said at the end about marriage?


anyone know what he exactly said about some quote from some bishop

thanks

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I came here looking for the same thing. Hopefully someone will give us our answer...

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Here's what I found on another page on this site:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0141098/quotes

Ben Holmes: Quoting Bishop Jeremy Taylor, "Marriage hath in it less of beauty but more of safety, than the single life; it hath more care, but less danger, it is more merry, and more sad; it is fuller of sorrows, and fuller of joys; it lies under more burdens, but it is supported by all the strengths of love and charity, and those burdens are delightful."

I googled Bishop Jeremy Taylor and learned that he is a seventeenth century clergyman in the Church of England. He briefly served as a bishop in Ireland. You can find his bio and writings on Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Taylor

A quotable quotes site confirmed that the quote is his, though I can't tell which of his writings it comes from.

http://www.saidwhat.co.uk/quotes/favourite/bishop_jeremy_taylor

That should do it.

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Several internet sites attribute it to Jeremy Taylor, a bishop in the seventeenth century. But I can't find independent confirmation of this -- that is, there's no citation to a book, sermon, etc.

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