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    Those who talk most about the blessings of marriage and the
    constancy of its vows are the very people who declare that if the
    chain were broken and the prisoners were left free to choose, the
    whole social fabric would fly asunder. You can't have the
    argument both ways. If the prisoner is happy, why lock him in?
    If he is not, why pretend that he is?

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I've been married to one Marxist and one Fascist, and neither one would take the garbage out.

I've been married to one Marxist and one Fascist, and neither one would take the garbage out.

by Lee Grant Found in: Marriage Quotes,
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No married man is genuinely happy if he has to drink worse whisky than he used to drink when he read more

No married man is genuinely happy if he has to drink worse whisky than he used to drink when he was single.

by H. L. Mencken Found in: Marriage Quotes,
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What God hath joined together no man shall put asunder; God will
take care of that.

What God hath joined together no man shall put asunder; God will
take care of that.

by George Bernard Shaw Found in: Marriage Quotes,
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The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character.

The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character.

by Peter De Vries Found in: Marriage Quotes,
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I think men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and bought jewelry.

I think men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and bought jewelry.

by Rita Rudner Found in: Marriage Quotes,
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I put my career in second place throughout both my marriages and it suffered. I don't regret it. You make read more

I put my career in second place throughout both my marriages and it suffered. I don't regret it. You make choices. If you want a good marriage, you must pay attention to that. If you want to be independent, go ahead. You can't have it all.

by Lauren Bacall Found in: Marriage Quotes,
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One advantage of marriage, it seems to me, is that when you fall out of love with him, or he read more

One advantage of marriage, it seems to me, is that when you fall out of love with him, or he falls out of love with you, it keeps you together until you maybe fall in again.

by Judith Viorst Found in: Marriage Quotes,
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It's not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband.

It's not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband.

by Euripides Found in: Marriage Quotes,
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Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she's a householder.

Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she's a householder.

by Thornton Wilder Found in: Marriage Quotes,
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