Marriage Quotes - Page 11

• The happy State of Matrimony is, undoubtedly, the surest and most lasting Foundation of Comfort and Love . . . the Cause of all good Order in the World, and what alone preserves it from the utmost Confusion.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Love, Order, Confusion

  Benjamin Franklin, Walter Isaacson (2003). “A Benjamin Franklin Reader”, p.53, Simon and Schuster

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• Every marriage tends to consist of an aristocrat and a peasant. Of a teacher and a learner.

  John Updike

  Teacher, Aristocracy, Literature

  John Updike (2012). “Couples: A Novel”, p.72, Random House

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• The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly.

  Peter De Vries

  Relationship, Anniversary, Ties

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• It isn't tying himself to one woman that a man dreads when he thinks of marrying; it's separating himself from all the others.

  Helen Rowland

  Fear, Men, Thinking

  Helen Rowland (1909). “Reflections of a Bachelor Girl”

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• He's the kind of man a woman would have to marry to get rid of.

  Mae West

  Wedding, Men, Kind

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• One advantage of marriage is that, when you fall out of love with him or he falls out of love with you, it keeps you together until you fall in again.

  Judith Viorst

  Love, Funny Valentines Day, Fall

  Judith Viorst (1987). “Love and Guilt and the Meaning of Life, Etc.”, Fireside

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• When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Love, Birthday, Believe

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• I never grew up dreaming about a wedding - I don't think about things like that. I don't know how to explain it. All I care about is to be happy.

  Penelope Cruz

  Dream, Thinking, Care

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• 'I am' is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that 'I do' is the longest sentence?

  George Carlin

  Funny, Sarcastic, Witty

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• The highest love a person can have for you is to wish for you to evolve into the best person you can be.

  David Viscott

  Love, Wish, Evolve

  David Viscott (1986). “The Language of Feelings”, Pocket

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• Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Wedding, Opportunity, Temptation

  Man and Superman "Maxims for Revolutionists" (1903)

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• An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.

  Pliny the Elder

  Education, Goal, Greed

  "The Letters of Pliny the Younger". Book by Pliny the Elder (Book II, Letter 15), 1751.

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• Turn your love into promises, that when you doubt your love, you may simply ask, "Am I keeping my promises?"

  Robert Breault

  Love You, Doubt, Promise

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• I'm certain that most couples expect to find intimacy in marriage, but it somehow eludes them.

  James Dobson

  Couple, Elude, Intimacy

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• People do not marry people, not real ones anyway; they marry what they think the person is; they marry illusions and images. The exciting adventure of marriage is finding out who the partner really is.

  James Framo

  Real, Adventure, Thinking

  James L. Framo (1982). “Explorations in marital and family therapy: selected papers of James L. Framo”, Springer Pub Co

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• Grave authors say, and witty poets sing, That honest wedlock is a glorious thing.

  Alexander Pope

  Witty, Honest, Poet

  Alexander Pope, George Croly (1854). “The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope; with a Memoir of the Author, Notes, and Critical Notices on Each Poem. By the Rev. George Croly ... New Edition. [With a Portrait.]”, p.342

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• Affairs are just as disillusioning as marriage, and much less restful.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Affair, Restful

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.29, BookBaby

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• To me, a spouse should be a life partner AND a business partner. Just like any good partner, her strengths must make up for my weaknesses and vice versa.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Family, Strength, Business

  FaceBook post by Robert Kiyosaki from Jul 16, 2012

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• Matrimony; the high sea for which no compass has yet been invented.

  Heinrich Heine

  Sea, Literature, Compass

  Heinrich Heine (1888). “Wit, Wisdom, and Pathos”

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• Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash.

  Joyce Brothers

  Love, Spiritual, Women

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• Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Sarcastic, Disappointment

  The Picture of Dorian Gray ch. 4 (1891).Wilde used the same words in A Woman of No Importance (1893).

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• A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Funny, Witty, Sex

  W. Somerset Maugham (2017). “Plays Volume One”, p.195, Random House

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• On rare occasions one does hear of a miraculous case of a married couple falling in love after marriage, but on close examination it will be found that it is a mere adjustment to the inevitable.

  Emma Goldman

  Inspirational, Funny, Witty

  Emma Goldman (2015). “Anarchism and Other Essays”, p.172, Library of Alexandria

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• Marriage is the beginning and pinnacle of civilization.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Civilization, Pinnacle

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• Love is not something you protect. It’s something you risk.

  Gayle Forman

  Love, Relationship, Risk

  Gayle Forman (2013). “Just One Year”, p.172, Penguin

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