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Twenty years of romance makes a woman look like a ruin; but twenty years of marriage makes her something like a public building.
I think like any marriage, especially when you've had divorced parents like myself; you want to try even harder to make it work.
The bride and groom-May their joys be as bright as the morning, and their sorrows but shadows that fade in the sunlight of love.
The man who never in his life Has washed the dishes with his wife Or polished up the silver plate - He still is largely celibate.
People marry through a variety of other reasons, and with varying results: but to marry for love is to invite inevitable tragedy.
I'm not eager to jump into marriage again. I'm in the corner right now, wearing my dunce cap. That area is obviously a nightmare.
I believe in marriage. I believe marriage is a really important institution, it's one of the most important institutions we have.
When asked his secret of love, being married fifty-four years to the same person, he said, "Ruth and I are happily incompatible."
Both of my marriages have taught me the same lesson twice over really harsh: listen to your instincts. Don't be a people pleaser.
Marriage (in what is called the spiritual world) is impossible, because of the inequality between every subject and every object.
When a Roman was returning from a trip, he used to send someone ahead to let his wife know, so as not to surprise her in the act.
I am fiscally prudent and socially progressive. I believe in protecting a woman's right to choose. I believe in marriage equality.
I'm not saying that love always takes you to heaven. Your life can become a nightmare. But that said, it is worth taking the risk.
The secret to a long marriage in the film industry? Marry someone wonderful, as I did. And always have her come along on location.
Marriage can be more an exultant ecstasy than the human mind can conceive. This is within the reach of every couple, every person.
The older theory was, marry an older man because they're more mature. But the new theory is men don't mature. Marry a younger one.
Often the difference between a successful marriage and a mediocre one consists of leaving about three or four things a day unsaid.
Make sure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, and you can't settle anything until morning anyway.
I have to be asked, I guess, but I love the idea of marriage. I think it's beautiful. I'm such a romantic, and I always have been.
If you are really Master of your Fate, it shouldn't make any difference to you whether Cleopatra or the Bearded Lady is your mate.
The ceremony took six minutes. The marriage lasted about the same amount of time though we didn't get a divorce for almost a year.
There is a vast difference between the savage and the civilized man, but it is never apparent to their wives until after breakfast.
In our civilization, men are afraid that they will not be men enough and women are afraid that they might be considered only women.
If only I had a wife!" I used to think, "who could stay home and keep the children happy, why I could support six of them. A cinch.
Daughters-in-law lived with their husbands' parents, not their own; a synonym for marriage in Chinese is "taking a daughter-in-law.
Being single isn't the cause of loneliness, and marriage is not necessarily the cure. There are many lonely married people as well.
No matter how good or bad we may feel, no matter how up or down we may be, Christ loves us, accepts us, and thinks the world of us.
Daddy was real gentle with kids. That's why I expected so much out of marriage, figuring that all men should be steady and pleasant.
It had not occurred to me that marriage requires the same effort as a career. And unlike a career, marriage requires a joint effort.
We had a happy marriage because we were together all the time. We were friends as well as husband and wife. We just had a good time.
Conflicts create the fire of affects and emotions; and like every fire it has two aspects: that of burning and that of giving light.
My husband melted my heart the day he asked me, "Can I participate in your wonder?" In whose wonder do you get to participate today?
When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.
Marriage is a formality, a legal bondage. Love is of the heart; marriage is of the mind. That's why I am never in favor of marriage.
... unhappiness is like marriage. We believe we chose it, but then it is choosing us. That is how it is, we can do nothing about it.
Men are monopolists of "stars, garters, buttons and other shining baubles"- unfit to be the guardians of another person's happiness.
Honey, what happened to "ladies first"? Husband replies, "That's the reason why the worlds a mess today, because a lady went first!"
If nature had arranged that husbands and wives should have children alternatively, there would never be more than three in a family.
Mama and Daddy King represent the best in manhood and womanhood, the best in a marriage, the kind of people we are trying to become.
There are two basic restrictions on marriage in the Bible: Number one, she should marry a man. Number two, he should be a Christian.
It's risky in a marriage for a man to come home too late, but it can sometimes pose an even greater risk if he comes home too early.
You are not permitted to kill a woman who has wronged you, but nothing forbids you to reflect that she is growing older every minute.
Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open.
The married are those who have taken the terrible risk of intimacy and, having taken it, know life without intimacy to be impossible.
I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me 'understand' something, it would be clear to all the other people in the country.
Marriage is simply an economic necessity, and so there are no elaborate courtship displays or marriage celebrations among the Eskimo.
No one can understand how close a marriage actually is. You just don't know: with a husband and wife, they have a special connection.
Find an independent woman-who loves you for you and will be your best friend. I got it right the first time and was very, very lucky.
Marriage is not a noun; it's a verb. It isn't something you get. It's something you do. It's the way you love your partner every day.
No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes that she were not.