Painterly two gold wedding rings resting over overlapping chalk circles on a dark slate surface.

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Abraham Lincoln

I have now come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason; I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me.

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Our interpretation.

Lincoln jokes his way out of marriage. He swears off it because anyone foolish enough to want him couldn't satisfy him. The humour is self-deprecating, since it insults himself and any partner in the same breath, wryly.

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