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Marriage Quotes

Marriage is a journey of companionship, patience, and evolving love, woven with quiet routines and bright celebrations alike. These quotes gather voices from poets, philosophers, and everyday partners, offering reflections that comfort, challenge, and amuse. Whether you're newly wed, long partnered, or simply curious about the bonds that hold two people together, you will find perspectives that honor commitment without ignoring its complexities. Explore moments of tenderness, humor, resilience, and mutual growth, and let their insights spark gratitude, conversation, and renewed understanding.
Small: There is no subject on which more dangerous nonsense is talked and thought than marriage
George Bernard Shaw
"There is no subject on which more dangerous nonsense is talked and thought than marriage"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards
Benjamin Franklin
"Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards"
Benjamin Franklin, Politician
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Small: When a marriage works, nothing on earth can take its place
"When a marriage works, nothing on earth can take its place"
Helen Gahagan, Actress
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Small: Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory
Abraham Lincoln
"Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory"
Abraham Lincoln, President
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Small: A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband
Michel de Montaigne
"A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband"
Michel de Montaigne, Philosopher
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Small: The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret
"The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret"
Henny Youngman, Comedian
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Small: Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who cant sleep with the window shut, and a woman who cant sleep
George Bernard Shaw
"Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: Marriage is an adventure, like going to war
Gilbert K. Chesterton
"Marriage is an adventure, like going to war"
Gilbert K. Chesterton, Writer
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Small: A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person
Mignon McLaughlin
"A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person"
Mignon McLaughlin, Journalist
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Small: Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?
H. L. Mencken
"Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?"
H. L. Mencken, Writer
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Small: For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Our friends sel
H. L. Mencken
"For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Our friends seldom profit us but they make us feel safe. Marriage is a scheme to accomplish exactly that same end"
H. L. Mencken, Writer
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Small: Marriage is the death of hope
Woody Allen
"Marriage is the death of hope"
Woody Allen, Director
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Small: Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution?
Groucho Marx
"Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution?"
Groucho Marx, Comedian
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Small: One advantage of marriage is that, when you fall out of love with him or he falls out of love with you, it kee
Judith Viorst
"One advantage of marriage is that, when you fall out of love with him or he falls out of love with you, it keeps you together until you fall in again"
Judith Viorst, Author
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Small: Marriage is a very good thing, but I think its a mistake to make a habit out of it
W. Somerset Maugham
"Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it"
W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright
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Small: I think that gay marriage should be between a man and a woman
Arnold Schwarzenegger
"I think that gay marriage should be between a man and a woman"
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Actor
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Small: Marriage is like wine. It is not be properly judged until the second glass
Douglas William Jerrold
"Marriage is like wine. It is not be properly judged until the second glass"
Douglas William Jerrold, Dramatist
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Small: The first breath of adultery is the freest after it, constraints aping marriage develop
"The first breath of adultery is the freest; after it, constraints aping marriage develop"
John Updike, Novelist
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Small: Men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage - theyve experienced pain and bought jewelry
Rita Rudner
"Men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage - they've experienced pain and bought jewelry"
Rita Rudner, Comedian
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Small: My own personal, moral, spiritual, religious, etc. beliefs dont oppose same-gender marriage
"My own personal, moral, spiritual, religious, etc. beliefs don't oppose same-gender marriage"
Ed Case, Politician
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Small: Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertising
"Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertising"
Edgar Watson Howe, Editor
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Small: Where theres marriage without love, there will be love without marriage
Benjamin Franklin
"Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage"
Benjamin Franklin, Politician
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Small: Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity
George Bernard Shaw
"Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: Marriage is a great institution, but Im not ready for an institution
Mae West
"Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution"
Mae West, Actress
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Small: If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love
Michel de Montaigne
"If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love"
Michel de Montaigne, Philosopher
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Small: Marriage is like paying an endless visit in your worst clothes
J.B. Priestley
"Marriage is like paying an endless visit in your worst clothes"
J.B. Priestley, Writer
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Small: More belongs to marriage than four legs in a bed
"More belongs to marriage than four legs in a bed"
Rainer Maria Rilke, Poet
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Small: Marriage has no guarantees. If thats what youre looking for, go live with a car battery
Erma Bombeck
"Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery"
Erma Bombeck, Journalist
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Small: Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night
"Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night"
St. Jerome, Saint
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Small: Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three
"Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three"
Washington Irving, Writer
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Small: I think men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage. Theyve experienced pain and bought jewelr
Rita Rudner
"I think men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and bought jewelry"
Rita Rudner, Comedian
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Small: Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think shes a householder
Thornton Wilder
"Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she's a householder"
Thornton Wilder, Writer
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Small: Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he were a woman
"Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he were a woman"
Joseph Joubert, Writer
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Small: Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated often moving in opposite directio
Sydney Smith
"Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated; often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes between them"
Sydney Smith, Clergyman
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Small: The real act of marriage takes place in the heart, not in the ballroom or church or synagogue. Its a choice yo
"The real act of marriage takes place in the heart, not in the ballroom or church or synagogue. It's a choice you make - not just on your wedding day, but over and over again - and that choice is reflected in the way you treat your husband or wife"
Barbara de Angelis, Writer
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Small: Marriage is not a noun its a verb. It isnt something you get. Its something you do. Its the way you love your
"Marriage is not a noun; it's a verb. It isn't something you get. It's something you do. It's the way you love your partner every day"
Barbara de Angelis, Writer
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Small: 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"
Andre Maurois, Writer
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Small: Marriage is a gamble, lets be honest
Yoko Ono
"Marriage is a gamble, let's be honest"
Yoko Ono, Artist
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Small: I think the Mother is gradually revealing itself to me and taking over. But it is not the Mother alone.
"I think the Mother is gradually revealing itself to me and taking over. But it is not the Mother alone. It is the Mother and the Father, the male and the female, sort of gradually having their marriage"
Bede Griffiths, Clergyman
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Small: Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage
Ambrose Bierce
"Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
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