Marriage Quote by George Eliot

“She did not want to be greater than her husband: what she did want was that he should acknowledge her as his equal, with…

— Maude Casey

“Throughout her life, she behaved as if she had never heard anyone suggest that a woman couldn't do entirely as she pleased.”

— Francine Prose

“There wasn’t an Oclander woman alive who would obediently accept her father choosing a husband for her. While she would tolerate his suggestions, a…

— Vivienne Savage

“Another and less elevated lesson she had learned in married life was that if she wheedled long enough and discreetly enough, she quite often…

— Winston Graham

“Obviously, a wife must obey her husband in all important matters. If he continues believing his admonitions are his own ideas, so much the…

— Elisa Braden

“We noticed the parallels in our marriages -the forceful and decided women in charge, our quiet husbands, gentler than we were, gentler than most…

— Susanna Sonnenberg

“Why, could the good man not impose his will, control his wife? asked Mrs. Carew, who always made much of masculine authority in her…

— Leonard Tourney

“This woman enabled her husband to cheat, and she wasn't doing either one of them any favors. Instead of leaving him, she would take…

— Rose Wynters

“Besides, the woman who strengthens her body and exercises her mind will, by managing her family and practising various virtues, become the friend, and…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

“He had never thought the question over clearly, but vaguely imagined that his wife had long suspected him of being unfaithful to her and…

— Leo Tolstoy

“Is a woman bound to wifely obedience, when the result will be to turn her out of the estate of wife?”

— Hilary Mantel

“But a good wife—a good unworldly woman—may really help a man, and keep him more independent.”

— George Eliot