There is a French saying; Love is the dawn of marriage and marriage is the sunset of love.
-De Finod
Quotations
Marriage
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
There's no more usual basis of union than mutual misunderstanding.
-Henry James
"The Portrait of a Lady"
When a woman thinks her husband is a fool, her marriage is over. They may part in one year or ten; they may live together until death. But if she thinks he is a fool, she will not love him again.
-Philippa Gregory
"The Other Queen"
Marriage is a romance in which the hero dies in the first chapter.
-Anonymous
I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.
-Rita Rudner
A man ought to be able to be fond of his wife without making a fool of himself about her.
-George Bernard Shaw
A man in love is incomplete until he is married. Then he's finished.
-Zsa Zsa Gabor
The proper basis for marriage is mutual misunderstanding.
-Oscar Wilde
Become the kind of person the kind of person you would like to marry would like to marry.
-Douglas Wilson
