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
Quotations
Marriage
Become the kind of person the kind of person you would like to marry would like to marry.
-Douglas Wilson
A good marriage is where both people feel like they're getting the better end of the deal.
-Anne Lamott "Joe Jones"
A great marriage is not when the 'perfect couple' comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.
-Dave Meurer
If women were particular about men's characters, they would never get married at all.
-George Bernard Shaw
Love is moral even without legal marriage, but marriage is immoral without love.
-Ellen Key
There's no more usual basis of union than mutual misunderstanding.
-Henry James
"The Portrait of a Lady"
Do you know what it means to come home at night to a woman who'll give you a little love, a little affection, a little tenderness? It means you're in the wrong house, that's what it means.
-Henny Youngman
In marriage, everyday you love and everyday you forgive. It is an ongoing sacrament, love and forgiveness.
-Bill Moyers
An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets, the more interested he is in her.
-Agatha Christie
