Marriage Quote by Jane Austen

“Lady Middleton resigned herself... Contenting herself with merely giving her husband a gentle reprimand on the subject, five or six times every day.”

— Jane Austen

“She had, she declared, "no patience with women whom I hear telling what wonders they would do if they were only men, when I…

— Drew Gilpin Faust

“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

“Lady Catherine was extremely indignant on the marriage of her nephew; and as she gave way to all the genuine frankness of her character…

— Jane Austen

“John's explosion left Abigail in a quandary. Priding herself on being a good wife, she cheerfully accepted that her main role was to soothe…

— Diane Jacobs

“Lady Catherine was extremely indignant on the marriage of her nephew; and as she gave way to all the genuine frankness of her character…

— Jane Austen

“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

“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

“It's a pity you are so poor & plain. And a shame you have such intelligence & spirit, Miss Middleton. You might otherwise make…

— M.R.C. Kasasian

“I think it is a duty I owe to my profession and to my sex to show that a woman has a right to…

— Harriet Brooks

“Her mother… told Kate that after women got out of lousy marriages, they generally had the good sense to stay away from the institution…

— J. Courtney Sullivan

“the wife who could be contented with but one half of her husband’s affections, had never deserved to engage the slightest share of them.”

— Walter Scott