remarriage

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To a second marriage, which samuel Johnson described as 'The triumph of hope over experience'

is a thing which, if it succeeds, rhetroactively makes the first marriage no longer a failure.

lf the second marriage really succeed! the first one didn't really fail.

is about as satisfactory as changing a bundle from one hand to the other. It gives you only temporary relief.

Changing husbands is about as satisfactory as changing a bundle from one hand to the other... it gives you only temporary relief.

is often found among the successful, for many a man owes his success to his first wife and his second wife to his success.

Many a man owes his success to his first wife and his second wife to his success.

is never a good idea. As a quick alternative one can just find a woman one hates and give her a house.

I don't think I'll marry again. I'll just find a woman I hate and give her a house.

is a risky affair. To marry once is a duty, twice a folly, thrice a madness.

To marry once is a duty, twice a folly, thrice a madness.

is most effectively done by marrying one's second spouse first.

A man can save himself a lot of trouble by marrying his second wife first.