Appropriate Quote by Honore de Balzac

At this point, we are living one of the greatest experiments in humankind - to create something that has, throughout history, been considered a…

— Esther Perel

Passion, sexual passion, may lead to marriage, but cannot sustain marriage. The purpose of marriage is the raising of children, for which patience, not…

— Edward Abbey

Passion and marriage are essentially irreconcilable. Their origins and their ends make them mutually exclusive. Their co-existence in our midst constantly raises insoluble problems,…

— Denis de Rougemont

Most marriages recognize this paradox: Passion destroys passion; we want what puts an end to wanting what we want.

— John Fowles

Character, not passion keeps marriages together long enough to do their work of raising children into mature, responsible, productive citizens.

— Frank Pittman

“For sense gratification, a man in the mode of passion wants some honor in society, or in the nation, and he wants to have…

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

A long-term marriage has to move beyond chemistry to compatibility, to friendship, to companionship. It is certainly not that passion disappears, but that it…

— Madeleine L'Engle

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

A strange effect of marriage, such as the nineteenth century has made it! The boredom of married life inevitably destroys love, when love has…

— Stendhal

Marriage has, for its share, usefulness, justice, honour, and constancy; a stale but more durable pleasure. Love is grounded on pleasure alone, and it…

— Michel de Montaigne

True it is, as society is instituted, marriage becomes somewhat of a lottery, for all its votaries are either the victims of Cupid or…

— Arthur Frederick Saunders

The world says of marriage: A short joy and a long displeasure. But he who understands it finds in it delight, love, and joy…

— Martin Luther