It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.

상당한 재산을 가진 독신 남자에게는 반드시 아내가 필요하다는 것은 누구나 인정하는 진리이다.

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Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

The opening line of Jane Austen's novel — a wry, ironic statement of the social assumption that drives the entire plot.

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