Marriage And Divorce Quotes

• People do not get married planning to divorce. Divorce is the result of a lack of preparation for marriage and the failure to learn the skills of working together as teammates in an intimate relationship.

  Gary Chapman

  Divorce, Intimate Relationships, Skills

  Gary Chapman (2010). “Things I Wish I'd Known Before We Got Married”, p.10, Moody Publishers

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  In every marriage more than a week old, there are grounds for divorce. The trick is to find, and continue to find, grounds for marriage.

  Robert Anderson

  Love, Inspirational, Anniversary

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• Love, the quest; marriage, the conquest; divorce, the inquest.

  Helen Rowland

  Love, Divorce, Literature

  A Guide to Men "Divorces" (1922)

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• My divorce came to me as a complete surprise. That's what happens when you haven't been home in eighteen years.

  Lee Trevino

  Home, Divorce, Golf

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• Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient.

  Voltaire

  Believe, Divorce, Ancient

  Voltaire (2016). “Voltaire – The Philosophical Works: Treatise On Tolerance, Philosophical Dictionary, Candide, Letters on England, Plato’s Dream, Dialogues, The Study of Nature, Ancient Faith and Fable, Zadig…: From the French writer, historian and philosopher, famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion and freedom of expression”, p.737, e-artnow

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• Ah, yes, divorce... from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals through his wallet.

  Robin Williams

  Funny, Single, Sexy

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Divorce is the psychological equivalent of a triple coronary bypass.

  Mary Blakely

  Divorce, Insightful, Bypass

  Mary Kay Blakely (1995). “American Mom: Motherhood, Politics, and Humble Pie”, p.125, Simon and Schuster

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• Divorce isn't such a tragedy. A tragedy's staying in an unhappy marriage, teaching your children the wrong things about love. Nobody ever died of divorce.

  Jennifer Weiner

  Funny, Children, Teaching

  Jennifer Weiner (2010). “Fly Away Home”, p.362, Simon and Schuster

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  A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers.

  Ruth Graham

  Love, Friendship, Relationship

  Ruth Bell Graham, Gigi Tchividjian (2009). “A Quiet Knowing”, p.42, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worse.

  Doug Larson

  Love, Relationship, Anniversary

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  A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Love, Relationship, Anniversary

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.32, BookBaby

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• The only solid and lasting peace between a man and his wife is, doubtless, a separation.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Funny, Marriage, Drinking

  Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Eugenia Stanhope (1827). “Letters Written by the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son”, p.254

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• Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Divorce, Diplomatic Relations, Boundaries

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  My wife Mary and I have been married for forty-seven years and not once have we had an argument serious enough to consider divorce; murder, yes, but divorce, never.

  Jack Benny

  Love, Funny, Relationship

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• Getting divorced just because you don't love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do.

  Zsa Zsa Gabor

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man I keep his house.

  Zsa Zsa Gabor

  Funny, Lost Love, Women

  "How to Catch a Man, how to Keep a Man, how to Get Rid of a Man". Book by Zsa Zsa Gabor, 1970.

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• Each divorce is the death of a small civilization.

  Pat Conroy

  Marriage, Divorce, Civilization

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• France may claim the happiest marriages in the world, but the happiest divorces in the world are 'made in America.'

  Helen Rowland

  Divorce, America, Literature

  Helen Rowland (2017). “A Guide to Men: Being Encore Reflections of a Bachelor Girl”, p.26, Litres

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• If you made a list of reasons why any couple got married, and another list of the reasons for their divorce, you'd have a hell of a lot of overlapping.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Love, Anniversary, Marriage

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.24, BookBaby

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• Every divorce is the result of selfishness on the part of one or the other or both parties to a marriage contract. Someone is thinking of self comforts, conveniences, freedoms, luxuries, or ease. Sometimes the ceaseless pin pricking of an unhappy, discontented, and selfish spouse can finally add up to serious physical violence. Sometimes people are goaded to the point where they erringly feel justified in doing the things that are so wrong. Nothing of course justifies sin.

  Spencer W. Kimball

  Selfish, Party, Divorce

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• Marriage is probably the chief cause of divorce.

  Larry Gelbart

  Divorce, Causes, Chiefs

  "M*A*S*H. Season 3. Bulletin Board". TV Series,

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• Every divorce is the result of selfishness on the part of one or both parties to a marriage contract.

  Spencer W. Kimball

  Party, Divorce, Selfishness

  Spencer W. Kimball (1982). “The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, Twelfth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints”

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• Being divorced is like being hit by a Mack truck. If you live through it, you start looking very carefully to the right and to the left.

  Jean Kerr

  Inspirational, Life, Marriage

  Jean Kerr (1965). “Mary, Mary”, p.19, Dramatists Play Service Inc

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  A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there's less of you.

  Margaret Atwood

  Broken Heart, Lost Love, Divorce

  Quoted in Time, 19 Mar. 1973

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• The possibility of divorce renders both marriage partners stricter in their observance of the duties they owe to each other. Divorces help to improve morals and to increase the population.

  Denis Diderot

  Divorce, Population, Literature

  Denis Diderot (1966). “Selected Writings”, New York : Macmillan

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