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Those who talk most about the blessings of marriage and the
constancy of its vows are the very people read more
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?
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.
He's the kind of man a woman would have to marry to get rid of.
He's the kind of man a woman would have to marry to get rid of.
If a man truly wants to communicate with his wife, he must enter her world of emotions.
If a man truly wants to communicate with his wife, he must enter her world of emotions.
Marriage should be a duet - when one sings, the other claps.
Marriage should be a duet - when one sings, the other claps.
A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
A great poet has seldom sung of lawfully wedded happiness, but of free and secret love; and in this respect, read more
A great poet has seldom sung of lawfully wedded happiness, but of free and secret love; and in this respect, too the time is coming when there will no longer be one standard of morality for poetry and another for life. To anyone tender of conscience, the ties formed by a free connection are stronger than the legal ones.
Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.
Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.
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.