Dowry Quote by Decimius Magnus Ausonius Download Open image “It often happens, that misery will follow a marriage when the dowry is too large.” — Decimius Magnus Ausonius ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Dowry Happens Marriage Misery
If a marriage is going to work well, it must be on a solid footing, namely money, and of that commodity it is the… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Dowry is still pervasive and spreading like cancer in the society. Apart from legal sanctions, there should be more social awareness on the issue… — Sheikh Hasina Copy Share Image
The curse which lies upon marriage is that too often the individuals are joined in their weakness rather than in their strength -- each… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
Oh, why should vows so fondly made, Be broken ere the morrow, To one who loves as never maid Loved in this world of… — James Hogg Copy Share Image
I am not against hasty marriages where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate income. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness. — Queen Victoria Copy Share Image
Am totally opposed to dowry. This is a retrograde practice, and also illegal. Think about it can a relationship, built on foundation of money… — Amir Khan Copy Share Image
Begin: To have commenced is half the deed. Half yet remains; Begin again on this and thou wilt finish all. — Decimius Magnus Ausonius Copy Share Image
Begin whatever you have to do: the beginning of a work stands for the whole. — Decimius Magnus Ausonius Copy Share Image
The best memorial for a mighty man is to gain honor ere death. — Decimius Magnus Ausonius Copy Share Image
He who does not know how to be silent will not know how to speak. — Decimius Magnus Ausonius Copy Share Image
Propaganda is the art of persuading others of what you don't believe yourself. — Decimius Magnus Ausonius Copy Share Image
Can we wonder that men perish and are forgotten when their noblest and most enduring works decay? — Decimius Magnus Ausonius Copy Share Image
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns. — Decimius Magnus Ausonius Copy Share Image
Too many people embrace religion from the same motives that they take a companion in wedlock, not from true love of the person, but… — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
As Indian citizens, we subsist on a regular diet of caste massacres and nuclear tests, mosque breakings and fashion shows, church burnings and expanding cell phone networks, bonded labor and the digital revolution, female infanticide and the NASDAQ crash, husbands who continue to burn their wives for dowry and our delectable stockpile of Miss Worlds. What's hard to reconcile oneself… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share
“If you think that educating your girl is enough for her to tackle the boundaries of tradition, then you are wrong. You have to ensure that not only you empower her with education, but also make her strong enough to resist the evils of societal pressure under which she often buckles. Her life and honour are far more important than… — Neelam Saxena Chandra Copy Share
“The purpose behind your aggravating persistence eludes me, sirrah. What is it exactly that you wish to know? Lord Lucien is a fine, noble gentleman – ” “Who loves you to the point of distraction and cannot bear to think of a prolonged separation.” “A noble gentleman ,” she reiterated furiously, “who – ” “Who wants something you have, and… — Marsha Canham Copy Share
If thou dost marry, I'll give thee this plague for thy dowry: be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
If a marriage is going to work well, it must be on a solid footing, namely money, and of that commodity it is the… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
I like Daniel. He takes care of you." I blinked. "Oh my God. Did you really just say that? He takes care of me?" Dad flushed. "I didn't mean it like-" "Takes care of me? Did I go to sleep and wake up in the nineteenth century?" I looked down at my jeans and T-shirt. "Ack! I can't go to… — Kelley Armstrong Copy Share
What philosopher of the schoolroom, with the mental dowry of four summers, ever questions the power of the wand that opened the dark eyes… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
“Wine is a bride who brings a great dowry to the man who woos her persistently and gracefully.” — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
