Quotes About Marriage

Being "civilized" had originally meant living under Roman, or "civil," law; but at the dawn of the Renaissance it had come to denote a way of life and law distinct from that of barbarism. It included prohibitions against murder, incest, and cannibalism; belief in a transcendant creative divinity; respect for property and legal contracts; and essential social institutions such as marriage, friendship, and the family.

Stressful jobs, loveless marriages, bad food-most people kill themselves slowly every day.

Human kinship systems vary enormously but not limitlessly. There are always rules prohibiting sex (and hence marriage) with certain kinds of kin.

ANATOL: Ach, jak jsme se pak vraceli dom?, v ko?áÃ…â"¢e... jako dÃ…â"¢ív. Položila mi hlavu na prsa. Te? se už nikdy nerozlou?íme - Ã…â"¢ekla... MAX: Probu? se, pÃ…â"¢íteli, a koukej, abys dospÄ›l ku konci. ANATOL: "Už se nikdy nerozlou?íme"... A dnes ve dvÄ› se žením! MAX: S jinou. ANATOL: Nu co; ?lovÄ›k se vždyždycky žení s jinou.

Per sempre, voleva aggiungere Fridolin, ma prima ancora che pronunciasse quelle parole, lei gli pose un dito sulle labbra e sussurrò come fra sé: « Non si può ipotecare il futuro »

To marry is to halve your rights and double your duties.

What right has the husband to require submission from his wife? None, unless God had appointed it.

Rellonen snuste på kona si for å se om han dro kjensel på lukten hennes. Jo da. Hun luktet gammel, oppgitt kjerring. En sånn lukt går ikke av i vask.

I imagine he's married. Or was ... He seems damaged in the way that only we women can damage men.

el día en pedir, y la noche en conceder. Es el marido quien debería influir en la mujer; pero como las tres cuartas partes de los hombres carecen de carácter, de fuerza y de dignidad, son ellas quienes se hacen cargo a menudo de las cosas... Aquí

nada menos que con tres reyes al frente, en un tiempo en el que los reyes se la jugaban en el campo de batalla, y no casándose con lady Di o cayéndose en los escalones del bungalow mientras cazaban elefantes.

Qué culpa tengo yo? ?Ninguna, niña, ninguna. Todos los novios se pelean. Y la mitad del gusto de ser novios está en pelear para contentarse y volver a pelear para volver a contentarse. [...] Los casados pelean menos. Los que pelean son los que se quieren.

Marriage," she said quietly, "is the most expensive ticket to nowhere

I have never been married. The married women of my acquaintance rarely speak of their husbands at all, except as a nuisance to be borne.

That is marriage , he thought, remaking yourself in someone else's image. And who knew where the truth of it began or would end?

I think that, as with marriage, you just know when it's time to have kids.

Getting married is an incredible act of hopefulness.

What's funny is my husband doesn't have any tattoos at all, so he must be the very conservative one.

My experience has been that wives know their husbands better than husbands know themselves. This

My experience has been that wives know their husbands better than husbands know themselves.

Rama's wife, Sita, was devoted to him; the King was devoted to his wives, a very different thing.

If I get married, I want to be very married.

if you are afraid of loneliness, don't get married

I used to feel so alone in the city. All those gazillions of people and then me, on the outside. Because how do you meet a new person? I was very stunned by this for many years. And then I realized, you just say, "Hi." They may ignore you. Or you may marry them. And that possibility is worth that one word.