Note to Romeo and Juliet, 4.5.77-78: "She's not well married that lives married long; / But she's best married that dies married young"


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She's not well married that lives married long; / But she's best married that dies married young: The Friar is offering comfort by saying that it's best to die in the full bloom of love and devotion, but it seems to me that the depressing implication of the Friar's speech is that a long marriage brings disillusion and apathy.