Accepted Quote by Robi Ludwig

“Never before in history had societies thought that such a set of high expectations about marriage was either realistic or desirable. Although many Europeans…

— Stephanie Coontz

Modern marriage is first and foremost a romantic and private union, but the tax laws and inheritance laws and religious implications that still surround…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

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

Marriages had different meanings back then than they do now, they were used to cement agreements between families, business deals and things like that.…

— Jared Harris

Marriage is a core institution of societies throughout the world and throughout history. Its something that has provided permanence and stability for our very…

— David Vitter

From my parent's generation the idea was not that marriage was about some kind of idealized, romantic love. It was a partnership. It's about…

— Aasif Mandvi

Marriage enlarges the scene of our happiness and miseries. A marriage of love is pleasant; a marriage of interest, easy; and a marriage where…

— Joseph Addison

It would seem that the full meaning of the word marriage can never be known by those who, at their first outspring into life,…

— Anthony Trollope

There is no doubt that, as a society, we have become blase about the importance of marriage as a stabilising influence and less inclined…

— Keith O'Brien

I've never quite understood why people marry; marriage is just an invented structure

— Julie Christie

Marriage is not a static state between two unchanging people. Marriage is a psychological and spiritual journey that begins in the ecstasy of attraction,…

— Anonymous

Marriage enlarges the scene of our happiness and of our miseries. A marriage of love is pleasant, of interest, easy, and where both meet,…

— Joseph Addison