Quotes About Marriage

A man is little use when his wife's a widow. - Scottish Proverb

The true index of a man's character is the health of his wife

A man is little use when his wife's a widow. Scottish proverb

NiechÄ™tni (bo któ? ich nie ma) mówili wprawdzie, ?e ?ony we wszystkim zbytnio sÅ'ucha, ale on siÄ™ tego nie wstydziÅ', owszem, sam przyznawaÅ', ?e w ka?dej wa?niejszej sprawie zawsze rady jej zasiÄ™ga.

The chain of wedlock is so heavy that it takes two to carry it - and sometimes three.

Marriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman.

A ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman.

I believe in traditional marriage and I believe in the Defense of Marriage Act.

For I've come to think one is truly married only when one is more committed to one's vows than the person they refer to.

One way or the other, she had no doubt she would succeed in influencing her husband and obtaining the independence she so longed for.

Since her marriage, she had been left free to pursue her love of literature, inherited

Her former efforts at trying to close the space between them had now ceased. Those affectionate attempts had been at the foundation of their marriage, and Benjamin had been touched by her exertions over the years, finding them of even more value than spontaneous love (which, he believed, was not a matter of choice or the result of labor, but merely some sort of fatal hex that reduced its victim to a passive trance).

He had never refused to confront any of his wife's facets, however hurtful or confusing he found them.

I've come to think one is truly married only when one is more committed to one's vows than the person they refer to.

right to marry. That's why we came here. Len's still on appro, you see, because of a bit of bother at my home." "Bother? I see." Miss Seeton nodded. "I think perhaps you'd better tell me exactly what did happen at your home." "Well, it's my stepdad really, mum's silly, you see, and him he tried it on with Rosie, that's my sister, and like a fool I told Len, and

Bring a wife home to your house when you are of the right age, not far short of 30 years, nor much above this is the right time for marriage.

Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes to a deadly old age.

For a man can win nothing better than a good wife, and nothing more painful than a bad one.

Better marry a maiden, so you can teach her good manners, and in particular marry one who lives close by you. Look her well over first. Don't marry what will make your neighbors laugh at you, for while there's nothing better a man can win him than a good wife, there's nothing more dismal than a bad one.

He felt strangely moved by the thought that Toshiaki's wife had been beautiful down to her liver.

Sokrates' wife, Xanthippe, had in antiquity a reputation as a shrew - but being married to such a man would have tried anyone's patience, and the evidence is not conclusive.

Cardinal Campeggio has implored Katherine to bow to the king's will, accept that her marriage is invalid and retire to a convent. Certainly, she says sweetly, she will become a nun: if the king will become a monk.

His councillors caution, 'No haste, Majesty. As soon as you choose, you forfeit advantage. You can marry only once.' 'Can he?' Fitwilliam mutters. 'This is Henry we're talking about.

He had meant to write to Gregory and say, I have seen such a sweet girl, I will find out who she is and, if I steer our family adroitly in the next few years, perhaps you can marry her. He has not written this. In his present precarious situation, it would be about as useful as the letters Gregory used to write to him: Dear father, I hope you are well. I hope your dog is well. And now no more for lack of time.