There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most marriages.
-Henry David Thoreau
Quotations
Marriage
Love is moral even without legal marriage, but marriage is immoral without love.
-Ellen Key
If women were particular about men's characters, they would never get married at all.
-George Bernard Shaw
It is most unwise for people in love to marry.
-George Bernard Shaw
He knows little who will tell his wife all he knows.
-Thomas Fuller
Oh, of course there's a risk in marrying anybody, but when it's all said and done, there's many a worse thing than a husband.
-L. M. Montgomery
"Anne of Avonlea"
The true love is unconditional.
Marriage is a conditional bond.
-Toba Beta
"My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut"
I know not which lives more unnatural lives, obeying husbands or commanding wives.
-Benjamin Franklin
If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
-Michel De Montaigne
A man ought to be able to be fond of his wife without making a fool of himself about her.
-George Bernard Shaw
