A man ought to be able to be fond of his wife without making a fool of himself about her.
-George Bernard Shaw
Quotations
Marriage
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"
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
If women were particular about men's characters, they would never get married at all.
-George Bernard Shaw
Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed.
-Albert Einstein
A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
-André Maurois
There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most marriages.
-Henry David Thoreau
Marriage should be between a spouse and a spouse, not a gender and a gender.
-Hendrik Hertzberg
He knows little who will tell his wife all he knows.
-Thomas Fuller
