When men enter into the state of marriage, they stand nearest to God. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
[Exchange] the galling burden of bachelorship for the easy yoke of matrimony. — James Madison Copy Share Image
There are good marriages, but there are no delightful ones. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
INCOMPATIBILITY, n. In matrimony a similarity of tastes, particularly the taste for domination. Incompatibility may, however, consist of a meek-eyed matron living… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
'Tis safest in matrimony to begin with a little aversion. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan Copy Share Image
As far as my experience of matrimony goes -- I think it tends to draw you out of, and away from yourself. — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice; because I will not have anybody's torments in this world or… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
When I hear that a personal friend has fallen into matrimonial courses, I feel the same sorrow as if I had heard… — Algernon Charles Swinburne Copy Share Image
Golf is more exacting than racing, cards, speculation, or matrimony. In almost all other games you pit yourself against a mortal foe;… — Arnold Haultain Copy Share Image
Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
The touchstone for family life is still the legendary 'and so they were married and lived happily ever after.' It is no… — Salvador Minuchin Copy Share Image
We do not create marriage from scratch. Instead, in the elegant language of the marriage ceremony, we 'enter into the holy estate… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
For St. Paul only says that it is better to be married than to burn. Now I presume that if that apostle… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Body and soul, like peevish man and wife, United jar, and yet are loth to part. — Edward Young Copy Share Image
“What do you mean, 'Angle of Repose?' she asked me when I dreamed we were talking about Grandmother's life, and I said… — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
What woman, however old, has not the bridal-favours and raiment stowed away, and packed in lavender, in the inmost cupboards of her… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
In the consciousness of belonging together, in the sense of constancy, resides the sanctity, the beauty of matrimony, which helps us to… — Fanny Lewald Copy Share Image
The laws that Charondas gave to Catana,... A man might divorce his wife, or a wife her husband, said Charondas, but then… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Men often marry in hasty recklessness and repent afterward all their lives. — Moliere Copy Share Image
[Marriage] happens as with cages: the birds without despair to get in, and those within despair of getting out. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
He that said it was not good for man to be alone, placed the celibate amongst the inferior states of perfection. — Robert Boyle Copy Share Image
I asked of Echo 't other day (Whose words are few and often funny), What to a novice she could say Of… — John Godfrey Saxe Copy Share Image
That alliance may be said to have a double tie, where the minds are united as well as the body; and the… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
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