Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotations on Marriage

The very essence of romance is uncertainty. If I ever marry, I’ll try to forget the fact.
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish Poet, Playwright

In the old days, one married a wife; now one forms a company with a female partner, or moves in to live with a friend. And then one seduces the partner, or defiles the friend.
August Strindberg (1849–1912) Swedish Playwright, Novelist, Essayist

Choose your wife as you wish your children to be.
Common Proverb

In all of the wedding cake, hope is the sweetest of plums.
Douglas William Jerrold (1803–57) English Writer, Dramatist, Wit

An ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as charming as if she weren’t.
Sacha Guitry (1885–1957) Russian-born French Actor, Dramatist

Men marry because they are tired; women because they are curious. Both are disappointed.
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish Poet, Playwright

One of the best hearing aids a man can have is an attentive wife.
Groucho Marx (1890–1977) American Actor, Comedian, Singer

No man was ever shot by his wife while doing the dishes.
Indian Proverb

Variability is one of the virtues of a woman. It avoids the crude requirement of polygamy. So long as you have one good wife you are sure to have a spiritual harem.
G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) English Journalist, Novelist, Essayist, Poet

Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature.
Aeschylus (525–456 BCE) Greek Playwright

There is, hidden or flaunted, a sword between the sexes till an entire marriage reconciles them.
C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) Irish-born British Academic, Author, Literary Scholar

Marriage is an act of will that signifies and involves a mutual gift, which unites the spouses and binds them to their eventual souls, with whom they make up a sole family—a domestic church.
Pope John Paul II (1920–2005) Polish Catholic Religious Leader

My true-love hath my heart, and I have his,
By just exchange, one for the other given:
I hold his dear, and mine he cannot miss,
There never was a better bargain driven.
Philip Sidney (1554–86) English Soldier Poet, Courtier

For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith

Love is often the fruit of marriage.
Moliere (1622–73) French Playwright

Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home.
Washington Irving (1783–1859) American Essayist, Biographer, Historian

It’s a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock.
Scottish Proverb

As a general thing, when the woman wears the pants in the family, she has a good right to them.
Josh Billings (Henry Wheeler Shaw) (1818–85) American Humorist, Author, Lecturer

I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.
Groucho Marx (1890–1977) American Actor, Comedian, Singer

There is no more lovely, friendly, and charming relationship, communion, or company than a good marriage.
Martin Luther (1483–1546) German Protestant Theologian

Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl.
Stephen Leacock (1869–1944) Canadian Political Scientist, Humorist

Marriage is a wonderful institution… but who wants to live in an institution?
Groucho Marx (1890–1977) American Actor, Comedian, Singer

The lion and the calf will lay down together, but the calf won’t get much sleep..
Woody Allen (b.1935) American Film Actor, Director

Any marriage that survives a big wedding can probably survive.
Malcolm S. Forbes (1919–1990) American Publisher, Businessperson

What a fuss people make about fidelity! Why, even in love it is purely a question for physiology. It has nothing to do with our own will. Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless, and cannot: that is all one can say.
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish Poet, Playwright

They are horribly tedious when they are good husbands, and abominably conceited when they are not.
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish Poet, Playwright

Marriage is the one subject on which all women agree and all men disagree
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish Poet, Playwright

I hate to be a failure. I hate and regret the failure of my marriages. I would gladly give all my millions for just one lasting marital success.
J. Paul Getty (1892–1976) American Business Person, Art Collector, Philanthropist

The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him.
Henry L. Stimson (1867–1950) American Political leader, Military Leader, Lawyer

Remember, that if thou marry for beauty, thou bindest thyself all thy life for that which perchance will neither last nor please thee one year; and when thou hast it, it will be to thee of no price at all; for the desire dieth when it is attained, and the affection perisheth when it is satisfied.
Walter Raleigh (1552–1618) English Courtier, Navigator, Poet

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