By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.
-Socrates
Quotations
Marriage
Marriage should be between a spouse and a spouse, not a gender and a gender.
-Hendrik Hertzberg
When women hold off from marrying men, we call it independence. When men hold off from marrying women, we call it fear of commitment.
-Warren Farrell
You'll be happy if you'll remember that men don't change much. Women do. Women adapt themselves, and if you think that means they lose their individuality, you're wrong. Show me a happy marriage and I'll show you a clever woman.
-Elizabeth Cadell
Oh, Lizzy! Do anything rather than marry without affection.
-Jane Austen
"Pride and Prejudice"
A great marriage is not when the 'perfect couple' comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.
-Dave Meurer
Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery.
-Erma Bombeck
Marriage must fight constantly against a monster which devours everything: Routine.
-Honoré De Balzac
My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.
-Rodney Dangerfield
Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half shut afterwards.
-Benjamin Franklin
