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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Heaven will be no heaven to me if I do not meet my wife there.
Heaven will be no heaven to me if I do not meet my wife there.
To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy read more
To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.
Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three.
Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three.
Is not marriage an open question, when it is alleged, from the beginning of the world, that such as are read more
Is not marriage an open question, when it is alleged, from the beginning of the world, that such as are in the institution wish to get out, and such as are out wish to get in?
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What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are, but how you deal with incompatibility.
The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds--they mature slowly.
The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds--they mature slowly.
Marriage is a wonderful invention; but, then again, so is a
bicycle repair kit.
Marriage is a wonderful invention; but, then again, so is a
bicycle repair kit.
Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.
Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.
Never feel remorse for what you have thought about your wife; she has thought much worse things about you.
Never feel remorse for what you have thought about your wife; she has thought much worse things about you.
