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Marriage Quotes by Helen Rowland
- Marriage is the miracle that transforms a kiss from a pleasure into a duty.
- Marriage is a bargain, and somebody has to get the worst end of the bargain.
- Marriage is the operation by which a woman's vanity and a man's egotism are extracted without an anaesthetic.
- It isn't tying himself to one woman that a man dreads when he thinks of marrying; it's separating himself from all the others.
- In olden times sacrifices were made at the altar - a practice which is still continued.
- When two people decide to get a divorce, it isn't a sign that they 'don't understand' one another, but a sign that they have, at…
- One man's folly is another man's wife.
- A bride at her second marriage does not wear a veil. She wants to see what she is getting.
- A husband is what is left of a lover, after the nerve has been extracted.
- After marriage, a woman's sight becomes so keen that she can see right through her husband without looking at him, and a man's so dull…
- Before marriage, a man declares that he would lay down his life to serve you; after marriage, he won't even lay down his newspaper to…
- Love, the quest; marriage, the conquest; divorce, the inquest.
- When a man makes a woman his wife, it's the highest compliment he can pay her, and it's usually the last.
- Marriage is like twirling a baton, turning hand springs or eating with chopsticks. It looks easy until you try it.
- Before marriage, a man will lie awake thinking about something you said; after marriage , he'll fall asleep before you finish saying it.
- To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy with a woman you must…
- When a girl marries she exchanges the attentions of many men for the inattention of one.
- After a few years of marriage a man can look right at a woman without seeing her and a woman can see right through a…
- Marrying a man is like buying something you've been admiring for a long time in a shop window.
- A marriage certificate is just another word for a work permit
- In olden times, sacrifices were made at the altar, a practice that still continues.
- When you see what some girls marry, you realize how they must hate to work for a living
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