When divorces can be summoned to the aid of levity, of vanity, or of avarice, a state of marriage frequently becomes a state of war or strategem. - James Wilson, Lectures on Law, 1791
Interesting quote there from one of America's earliest legal scholars, James Wilson. A signer of the Declaration of Independence (one of nine from the Keystone State) he was an instrumental advocate for the Constitution and the early republic. His quote above on marriage hints at what sometimes happens when a marriage breaks down - instead of being a happy, loving union, it becomes an intractable war of wills between two increasingly cynical, bitter sides that doesn't end well for anyone.
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