Definition Quote by George Will

“A second marriage is a triumph of hope over experience.”

— Samuel Johnson

Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience.

— Oscar Wilde

If the second marriage really succeeds, the first one didn't really fail.

— Mignon McLaughlin

Maybe the difference between first marriage and second marriage is that the second time at least you know you are gambling.

— Elizabeth Gilbert

I have no time to think about a second marriage at all.

— Arbaaz Khan

MARRIAGE, SECOND, the triumph of hope over experience

— Nikhil Saluja

“Not by coincidence is the divorce rate for second marriages higher than it is for first marriages; attempting to recapture the anticipation of reward…

— David DiSalvo

HUSBAND, PERFECT, is, in a man's second marriage, her first mate

— Nikhil Saluja

My personal feelings on marriage? Samuel Johnson once said that second marriages - although I could probably say this about any marriage - are…

— Laura Wasser

Disagreeable suspicions are usually the fruits of a second marriage.

— Jean Racine

To us marriage is first, everything else is second.

— Julie Benz

I've been very lucky in this second marriage. It's just luck. It's absolute luck. And I can only marvel at it. So many other…

— Paul Auster