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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Marriage is a lottery, but you can't tear up your ticket if you lose.
Marriage is a lottery, but you can't tear up your ticket if you lose.
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.
Marriage is like twirling a baton, turning hand springs or eating with chopsticks. It looks easy until you try it.
Marriage is like twirling a baton, turning hand springs or eating with chopsticks. It looks easy until you try it.
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.
Women marry men hoping they will change. Men marry women hoping they will not. So each is inevitably disappointed.
Women marry men hoping they will change. Men marry women hoping they will not. So each is inevitably disappointed.
Marriage should be a duet - when one sings, the other claps.
Marriage should be a duet - when one sings, the other claps.
The heart of marriage is memories.
The heart of marriage is memories.
I have always thought that every woman should marry, and no man.
I have always thought that every woman should marry, and no man.
Love, the strongest and deepest element in all life, the harbinger of hope, of joy, of ecstasy; love, the defier read more
Love, the strongest and deepest element in all life, the harbinger of hope, of joy, of ecstasy; love, the defier of 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?
