If you are afraid of loneliness, don't marry.
-Anton Chekhov
Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't they'd be married too.
-H.L. Mencken
Those quotations come from this interesting article discussing the current state of the bachelor. In bachelorhood's favor? The belief that some of history's greatest artists, leaders and visionaries have thrived in the absence of a serious romantic relationship.
That pool includes Ludwig van Beethoven, Galileo Galilei, Sir Isaac Newton, Henry David Thoreau, Leonardo da Vinci and more.
Working against bachelorhood? Research suggesting that women adapt better to the single life. Some arguments even suggest men need marriage for "psychological stability."
Are today's bachelors still living the high life?
