Cupid Quote by Arthur Frederick Saunders

There is no doubt that, as a society, we have become blase about the importance of marriage as a stabilising influence and less inclined…

— Keith O'Brien

Marriage now tends to be viewed as a form of mere emotional satisfaction that can be constructed in any way or modified at will.…

— Pope Francis

Society is built on marriage ... marriage and its consequences.

— John Galsworthy

The marriage state was designed to complete the sum of human happiness in this life. It sometimes proves otherwise, but this is owing to…

— Samuel Adams

When passion is not fed, it changes to need. At this juncture, marriage becomes a fixed idea in the mind of the bourgeois, being…

— Honore de Balzac

“The other side of mental blanketing - the buffing and puffing up of marriage to keep it seeming shiny and magical - is up…

— Bella DePaulo

People marry through a variety of other reasons, and with varying results: but to marry for love is to invite inevitable tragedy.

— James Branch Cabell

The mere idea of marriage, as a strong possibility, if not always nowadays a reasonable likelihood, existing to weaken the will by distracting its…

— William Bolitho

It is a mistake to consider marriage merely as a scheme of happiness. It is also a bond of service. It is the most…

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

People marry for a variety of reasons and with varying results. But to marry for love is to invite inevitable tragedy.

— James Branch Cabell

Marriage is a state of antagonistic cooperation.

— Katharine Lyall Whitehorn

It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination.

— Samuel Johnson