Quotes in this theme
Marriage
William Shakespeare
For what is wedlock forced, but a hell, An age of discord and continual strife? Whereas the contrary bringeth bliss, And is a pattern of celestial peace.
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Geoffrey Chaucer
No wedded man so hardy be t’assaille His wyves pacience, in trust to fynde Grisildis, for in certein he shal faille!
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Ivan Turgenev
It is not a good thing for an artist to marry. As the ancients used to say, if you serve a Muse, you must serve her and no one else. An unhappy marriage may perhaps contribute to the development of talent, but a happy one is no good at all.
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Sócrates
As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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Mark Twain
Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of all growths. No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century.
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Mark Twain
Marriage, yes, it is the supreme felicity of life. I concede it. And it is also the supreme tragedy of life. The deeper the love the surer the tragedy. And the more disconsolating when it comes.
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