A man ought to be able to be fond of his wife without making a fool of himself about her.
-George Bernard Shaw
Quotations
Marriage
Marriage isn't about Winning - It's about Lasting
-Mark Gorman
It appears that ordinary men take wives because possession is not possible without marriage, and that ordinary women accept husbands because marriage is not possible without possession.
-Thomas Hardy
"Far from the Madding Crowd"
My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.
-Rodney Dangerfield
Oh, Lizzy! Do anything rather than marry without affection.
-Jane Austen
"Pride and Prejudice"
A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning.
-Honoré De Balzac
Two people can only live as one when each is prepared to give and receive trust and understanding. Above that lies respect. Without respect for how the other feels, no marriage is worthwhile.
-Helen Hollick
"The Kingmaking"
In the true married relationship, the independence of husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal.
-Lucretia Mott
Do you know what it means to come home at night to a woman who'll give you a little love, a little affection, a little tenderness? It means you're in the wrong house, that's what it means.
-Henny Youngman
Become the kind of person the kind of person you would like to marry would like to marry.
-Douglas Wilson
