MARRIAGE QUOTES V

quotations about marriage

I always compare marriage to communism. They're both institutions that don't conform to human nature, so you're going to end up with lying and hypocrisy.

BILL MAHER

Rolling Stone, August 24, 2006

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Marriages are like diets--they can be ruined by having a little dish on the side.

CROFT M. PENTZ

The Complete Book of Zingers


Marriage is a matter concerning the whole of life, whilst love aims only at pleasure. On the other hand, marriage will remain when pleasures have vanished, and it is the source of interests far more precious than those of the man and woman entering on the alliance.

HONORÉ DE BALZAC

Letters of Two Brides

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Bad husbands will make bad wives.

WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Newcomes

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Marriage is the comfort of the considerate and prudent; but the torment of the inconsiderate and self-willed.

WILLIAM SCOTT DOWNEY

Proverbs

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Ah, traditions. They carry with them a sense of nostalgia and solidarity. And, in the case of some wedding rituals--a bride literally being handed over to her groom by her father (or other male figure), vowing to "love, honor, and obey," male-dominated speeches--sexism. Considered individually, these customs may seem innocuous. But taken collectively, they reflect the sexist roots of the institution of marriage, when women were voiceless and goods to be traded and acquired.

MAUREEN SHAW

"The Sexist and Racist History of Marriage That No One Talks About", Teen Vogue, November 28, 2017


One hundred percent of divorces start with a marriage.

MARK GUNGOR

Laugh Your Way To a Better Marriage

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No greater evil can a man endure
Than a bad wife, nor find a greater good
Than one both good and wise; and each man speaks
As judging by the experience of his life.

SOPHOCLES

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It's a funny thing, but when a guy asks for your hand in marriage, he wants to hear the actual word yes escape from your lips. For him, that's the moment when he can celebrate. The longer you sit there speechless, the quicker he'll go into a panic. So say yes, aloud, and then you can start to hyperventilate with joy.

JANIS SPINDEL

How to Date Men

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We only attain the true idea of marriage when we consider it as a spiritual union--a union of immortal affections, of undying faculties, of an imperishable destiny.

E. H. CHAPIN

Living Words

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There is almost no marital problem that can't be helped enormously by taking off your clothes.

GARRISON KEILLOR

"The Old Scout", The Writer's Almanac, October 4, 2005

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Love, the strongest and deepest element in all life, the harbinger of hope, of joy, of ecstasy; love, the defier of all laws, of all conventions; love, the freest, the most powerful molder of human destiny; how can such an all-compelling force be synonymous with that poor little State- and Church-begotten weed, marriage?

EMMA GOLDMAN

Anarchism and Other Essays

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Marriage is only another word for irremediable slavery.

CHARLES WILLIAM DAY

The Maxims, Experiences, and Observations of Agogos

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Life throws something different at every couple. I've noticed that even just with the small things, we have a choice on how we will face the good times and bad, plus everything in between. Sometimes these experiences leave lasting marks that help us hone certain skills that wouldn't naturally appear in a vacuum. Along the way, you will develop the rituals, traditions, habits, and values that make your marriage unique.

LAURA TRIGGS

"Why I Stopped Comparing My Marriage to My Parents' Marriage", Verily Mag, November 30, 2017


Whatever you may look like, marry a man your own age -- as your beauty fades, so will his eyesight.

PHYLLIS DILLER

attributed, Funny Ladies: The Best Humor from America's Funniest Women

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There is a connection between what you are putting into your marriage and what you are getting out of it.

MARK GUNGOR

Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage

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That little ditty about love coming first, then marriage, then the baby carriage--it's history. Over the past few decades more and more single people have been having children, and more and more married couples have not been.

BELLA DEPAULO

Singled Out

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"Happy marriage" is a contradiction in terms.

DOUGLAS CARLTON ABRAMS

The Lost Diary of Don Juan

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There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship--only backward. You try to start again but get into blaming over and over. Finally you are both worn out, exhausted, hopeless. Then lawyers are called in to pick clean the corpses. The death has occurred much earlier.

ERICA JONG

How To Save Your Own Life

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Marriage can give one the deepest, happiest moments of life. And that's one of the reasons God created it. It was part of God's "Happiness Plan."

DAVID MICHAEL THOMAS

Christian Marriage

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