After all, wedlock is the natural state of man. A bachelor is not a complete human being. He is like...

After all, wedlock is the natural state of man. A bachelor is not a complete human being. He is like the odd half of a pair of scissors, which has not yet found its fellow, and therefore is not even half so useful as they might be together.

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Benjamin Franklin

American author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat

January 17th, 1706 - April 17th, 1790

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