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
Marriage is a romance in which the hero dies in the first chapter.
-Anonymous
A man ought to be able to be fond of his wife without making a fool of himself about her.
-George Bernard Shaw
In the true married relationship, the independence of husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal.
-Lucretia Mott
It is not your love that sustains the marriage,
but from now on, the marriage that sustains your love
-Dietrich Bonhoeffer
"Letters and Papers from Prison"
A long marriage is two people trying to dance a duet and two solos at the same time.
-Anne Taylor Fleming
An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets, the more interested he is in her.
-Agatha Christie
In marriage, everyday you love and everyday you forgive. It is an ongoing sacrament, love and forgiveness.
-Bill Moyers
The proper basis for marriage is mutual misunderstanding.
-Oscar Wilde
My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.
-Rodney Dangerfield
