Well, in the first place girls never marry the men they flirt with. Girls don't think it right.
-Oscar Wilde
"The Importance of Being Earnest"
Quotations
Marriage
Oh, Lizzy! Do anything rather than marry without affection.
-Jane Austen
"Pride and Prejudice"
Marriage must fight constantly against a monster which devours everything: Routine.
-Honoré De Balzac
Getting divorced just because you don't love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do.
- Ivan Doig
The proper basis for marriage is mutual misunderstanding.
-Oscar Wilde
An undutiful daughter will prove an unmanageable wife.
-Benjamin Franklin
Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it the utmost passion of her heart!
-Nathaniel Hawthorne
"The Scarlet Letter"
Become the kind of person the kind of person you would like to marry would like to marry.
-Douglas Wilson
Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half shut afterwards.
-Benjamin Franklin
The man may be the head of the household. But the woman is the neck and she can turn the head whichever way she pleases.
-Nia Vardalos
