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"
Quotations
Marriage
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
A man ought to be able to be fond of his wife without making a fool of himself about her.
-George Bernard Shaw
Find a woman who makes you feel more alive. She won't make life perfect but she'll make it infinitely more interesting. And then love her with all that's in you.
-Gayle G. Roper
"Shadows on the Sand: A Seaside Mystery"
When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.
-Sacha Guitry
Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery.
-Erma Bombeck
A good marriage is where both people feel like they're getting the better end of the deal.
-Anne Lamott "Joe Jones"
A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning.
-Honoré De Balzac
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"
Marriage should be between a spouse and a spouse, not a gender and a gender.
-Hendrik Hertzberg
