Marriage

If you are afraid of loneliness, don't marry.

If you are afraid of loneliness, don't marry.

In the opinion of the world marriage ends all, as it does in a comedy. The truth is precisely the reverse; it begins all.

In the opinion of the world marriage ends all, as it does in a comedy. The truth is precisely the reverse; it begins all.

The proper basis for marriage is mutual misunderstanding.

The proper basis for marriage is mutual misunderstanding.

Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.

Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.

Abraham Lincoln

Marry your son when you will, and your daughter when you can.

Marry your son when you will, and your daughter when you can.

Spanish proverbs

In buying horses and taking a wife, shut your eyes and commend yourself to God.

In buying horses and taking a wife, shut your eyes and commend yourself to God.

Italian proverbs

He that marries for love has good nights and bad days.

He that marries for love has good nights and bad days.

French proverbs

I believe the home and marriage is the foundation of our society and must be protected.

I believe the home and marriage is the foundation of our society and must be protected.

Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage, is the representative of life with which you are meant to come to terms.

Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage, is the representative of life with which you are meant to come to terms.

My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.

My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.

Winston Churchill

Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.

Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.

Benjamin Franklin

Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.

Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel.

Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel.

Leonardo da Vinci

For years my wedding ring has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my husband numerous times at parties that it's time to go home. It has been a source of relief to a dinner companion. It has been a status symbol in the maternity ward.

For years my wedding ring has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my husband numerous times at parties that it's time to go home. It has been a source of relief to a dinner companion. It has been a status symbol in the maternity ward.

Many people spend more time in planning the wedding than they do in planning the marriage.

Many people spend more time in planning the wedding than they do in planning the marriage.

Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution?

Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution?

Marriage is the most natural state of man, the state in which you will find solid happiness.

Marriage is the most natural state of man, the state in which you will find solid happiness.

Benjamin Franklin

Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle, not a bed of roses.

Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle, not a bed of roses.

Robert Louis Stevenson

A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

There is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It is a thing no married man knows anything about.

There is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It is a thing no married man knows anything about.