Constancy Quote by Joseph Addison

Long engagements give people the opportunity of finding out each other's character before marriage, which is never advisable.

— Oscar Wilde

Courtship brings out the best. Marriage brings out the rest.

— Cullen Hightower

romances and marriages are usually over long before they are over.

— Mimi Sheraton

I think marriage is all about timing.

— Cate Blanchett

All marriages, all relationships have huge ups and downs.

— Nigel Farage

Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.

— William Congreve

The thing about relationships is, the stronger they get, the more rapidly the realm of romance starts to overlap with the domestic.

— Lynn Coady

“Courtship is romantic. Marriage ... is an act of will," said Pippa, taking a sip of water. "I mean, I adore Herb. But the…

— Rebecca Miller

The ease and pleasure of a long marriage is like gold dust. You feel fed and sustained and that you're intimately known.

— Richard E. Grant

Marriage is a very long process.

— Elizabeth Goudge

A long marriage is very unifying, even if it's not ideal, and those old structures must be respected.

— Iris Murdoch

Marriage is a sort of tacit hunting in couples.

— Susan Sontag