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Robert Louis Stevenson

In marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his moral being.

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Robert Louis Stevenson suggests that after getting married, a man tends to become lazy and more focused on his own needs rather than others'. He also implies that this selfishness causes a decline in his moral character, making him less virtuous or principled.

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