Two happy days a woman brings a man: the first, when he marries her; the second, when he bears her to the grave
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“Two happy days a woman brings a man: the first, when he marries her; the second, when he bears her to the grave. --epigram of Hipponax, ca 580 BCE
This quote is mentioned in Greek Women by Mitchell Carroll and A history of ancient Greek literature by Harold North Fowler.
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