He knows little who will tell his wife all he knows.
-Thomas Fuller
Quotations
Marriage
The problem with marriage is that it ends every night after making love, and it must be rebuilt every morning before breakfast.
-Gabriel García Márquez
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
Success in marriage does not come merely through finding the right mate but through being the right mate.
-Barnett R. Brickner
A good marriage, like any partnership, meant subordinating one's own needs to that of the other's, in the expectation that the other will do the same.
-Nicholas Sparks
"True Believer"
An undutiful daughter will prove an unmanageable wife.
-Benjamin Franklin
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"
There is nothing more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.
-Homer
"The Odyssey"
Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half shut afterwards.
-Benjamin Franklin
A good marriage is where both people feel like they're getting the better end of the deal.
-Anne Lamott "Joe Jones"
