I know not which lives more unnatural lives, obeying husbands or commanding wives.
-Benjamin Franklin
Quotations
Marriage
To complain that I could only be married once was like complaining that I had only been born once.
-G. K. Chesterton
When a girl marries, she exchanges the attention of many men for the inattention of one.
-Helen Rowland
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
-Jane Austen
"Pride and Prejudice"
An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets, the more interested he is in her.
-Agatha Christie
Getting divorced just because you don't love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do.
- Ivan Doig
Marriage must fight constantly against a monster which devours everything: Routine.
-Honoré De Balzac
A good marriage is where both people feel like they're getting the better end of the deal.
-Anne Lamott "Joe Jones"
Success in marriage does not come merely through finding the right mate but through being the right mate.
-Barnett R. Brickner
A great marriage is not when the 'perfect couple' comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.
-Dave Meurer
