Question

The companionship of one's wife is no article of merchandise, that, after it has been bought, may be returned, or bartered, or changed; for it is an inseparable accident that lasts as long as life lasts; it is a noose that, once you put it round your neck, turns into a Gordian knot, which, if the scythe of Death does not cut it, there is no untying.

Accepted Answer

La de la propia mujer no es mercaduría que una vez comprada se vuelve, o se trueca o cambia, porque es accidente inseparable, que dura lo que dura la vida: es un lazo que si una vez le echáis al cuello, se vuelve en el nudo gordiano, que si no le corta la guadaña de la muerte, no hay desatarle.

Back	The companionship of one's wife is no article of merchandise, that, after it has been bought, may be returned, or bartered, or changed; for it is an inseparable accident that lasts as long as life lasts; it is a noose that, once you put it round your neck, turns into a Gordian knot, which, if the scythe of Death does not cut it, there is no untying.
Front	La de la propia mujer no es mercaduría que una vez comprada se vuelve, o se trueca o cambia, porque es accidente inseparable, que dura lo que dura la vida: es un lazo que si una vez le echáis al cuello, se vuelve en el nudo gordiano, que si no le corta la guadaña de la muerte, no hay desatarle.

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