The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #56896   Message #892351
Posted By: Bill D
17-Feb-03 - 03:59 PM
Thread Name: A Celebration Of The Single Life!
Subject: RE: A Celebration Of The Single Life!
*copied from a web site*

"According to tradition, when a student asked the ancient Greek philosopher, Seneca, whether to marry his sweetheart, the wise man answered: "Marry or not, my child, whichever you do you will regret it."
Married people are sometimes happy, sometimes unhappy. This is also true of single people. Lincoln had a saying as well,....."Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be!" The grass always looks greener in the other person's yard. The divorce rate reflects much of that. Interestingly enough though, for as long as records have been kept, most divorces have ended in...........marriage. That is, most divorced people have re-married. What does that tell you? (Some wag labeled the phenomenon as "The triumph of hope over experience!"