If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
-Michel De Montaigne
Quotations
Marriage
To complain that I could only be married once was like complaining that I had only been born once.
-G. K. Chesterton
Marriage was not the combination of two entities into one; it was instead the creation of a third entity whose sole purpose was to soothe and inspire the two individuals.
-Christian Cantrell
When in a relationship, a real man doesn't make his woman jealous of others; he makes others jealous of his woman.
-Steve Maraboli
A man ought to be able to be fond of his wife without making a fool of himself about her.
-George Bernard Shaw
In the true married relationship, the independence of husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal.
-Lucretia Mott
I wouldn't want to marry anybody who was wicked, but I think I'd like it if he COULD be wicked and WOULDN'T.
-L. M. Montgomery
"Anne of the Island"
My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.
-Rodney Dangerfield
A long marriage is two people trying to dance a duet and two solos at the same time.
-Anne Taylor Fleming
Success in marriage does not come merely through finding the right mate but through being the right mate.
-Barnett R. Brickner
