This is a special hand-edited section containing 149 quotes about Marriage.
“Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.”
“Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he were a woman.”
“One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul.”
“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.”
“Never get married in college; it's hard to get a start if a prospective employer finds you've already made one mistake.”
“This would be a much better world if more married couples were as deeply in love as they are in debt.”
“Why get married and make one man miserable when I can stay single and make thousands miserable?”
“A good businessman never makes a contract unless he's sure he can carry it through, yet every fool on earth is perfectly willing to sign a marriage contract without considering whether he can live up to it or not.”
“If we repealed all the laws of the world marriage would still exist.”
“Next month, I will celebrate my 30th anniversary of marriage with my beautiful bride, Vicki. Our marriage has been a blessing. I have gained even more respect for the institution over the past 3 decades and will defend it against attack.”
“Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else when the sweet emotions of love lead us into marriage and then turn down their flames.”
“Traditional marriage between a man and a woman has been a cornerstone of our society for generations. If we are going to change that, it ought to be done by the will of the people.”
“Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads, which sew people together through the years.”
“Whether it be a matter of personal relations within a marriage or political initiatives within a peace process, there is no sure-fire do-it-yourself kit.”
“Love before marriage is absolutely necessary.”
“Let a man do what he will by a single woman, the world is encouragingly apt to think Marriage a sufficient amends.”
“The married state, with and without the affection suitable to it, is the completest image of heaven and hell we are capable of receiving in this life.”
“All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner.”
“We all have a childhood dream that when there is love, everything goes like silk, but the reality is that marriage requires a lot of compromise.”
“A marriage is no amusement but a solemn act, and generally a sad one.”