Marry and you'll regret it. Don't marry and you'll regret that too.

What it means

This is the opening of an ecstatic lecture on the futility of every choice. Kierkegaard's aesthete uses it to dodge commitment, and the rest of the book argues back. Every path has a cost, so choose anyway.

The source

"Marry and you'll regret it. Don't marry and you'll regret that too." Kierkegaard said it in Either/Or I, Diapsalmata. Translated from the original Danish by Spartan Surfers.

"Gift Dig, Du vil fortryde det; gift Dig ikke, Du vil ogsaa fortryde det"

Original Danish, Either/Or I, Diapsalmata. Text read at da.wikisource.org.

Who said it

Kierkegaard (1813–1855). Danish thinker who wrote under many pen names about choice, anxiety and faith. Often called the first existentialist.

Questions

What does "Marry and you'll regret it. Don't marry and you'll regret that too." mean?

This is the opening of an ecstatic lecture on the futility of every choice. Kierkegaard's aesthete uses it to dodge commitment, and the rest of the book argues back. Every path has a cost, so choose anyway.

Who said "Marry and you'll regret it. Don't marry and you'll regret that too."?

Kierkegaard (1813–1855). Source: Either/Or I, Diapsalmata.

What is the original Danish?

Gift Dig, Du vil fortryde det; gift Dig ikke, Du vil ogsaa fortryde det. Translated from the original Danish by Spartan Surfers.

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