Monogamous Quotes

I don't think I was constructed to be monogamous. I don't think it's the nature of any man to be monogamous. Men are propelled by genetically ordained impulses over which they have no control to distribute their seed.

More Monogamous Quotes

Hogamus, higamous Man is polygamous Higamus, hogamous Woman monogamous.

william james

— Quoted in the Oxford Book of Marriage (1990).

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In our monogamous part of the world, to marry means to halve one’s rights and double one’s duties.

Arthur Schopenhauer

— Vol. 2, Ch. 27, § 370
Variant translation: To marry is to halve your rights and double your duties.

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