Reference for Yevamot 74:10

תנא רבי אליעזר בן יעקב אומר לא ישא אדם אשתו ודעתו לגרשה משום שנאמר (משלי ג, כט) אל תחרש על רעך רעה והוא יושב לבטח אתך:

for the Master said, 'He who has bread in his basket cannot be compared to him who has no bread in his basket'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Yoma loc. cit., Keth. 62b. The consciousness of having no bread at all intensifies the pangs of hunger, while the presence of bread in the basket, and the knowledge that it may be enjoyed at any moment, mitigates the craving. Similarly, the consciousness of the presence of one's own wife mitigates the sensual desires. ');">¹⁸</span> A Tanna taught: R. Eliezer b. Jacob said: A man must not marry a woman if it is his intention to divorce her, for it is written, Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Prov. III, 29; v. Git. 90a. ');">¹⁹</span>

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