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If you would have the nuptial union last, Let virtue be the bond that ties it fast. - Nicholas Rowe It took great courage to ask a beautiful young woman to marry me. Believe me, it is easier to play the whole Petrushka on the piano. - Arthur Rubinstein True it is, as society is instituted, marriage becomes somewhat of a lottery, for all its votaries are either the victims of Cupid or cupidity; in either instance, they are under the blinding influence of passion, and consequently but little subject to the control of reason. - Frederick Saunders To be man's tender mate was woman born, and in obeying nature she best serves the purposes of heaven. - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller From my experience, not one in twenty marries the first love; we build statues of snow and weep to see them melt. - Sir Walter Scott Widowed life and wedded maid. - Sir Walter Scott, The Betrothed (ch. XV), part of the Tales of the Crusaders Men should keep their eyes wide open before marriage, and half shut afterwards. - Mademoiselle Madeleine de Scuderi (Scudery)(known as Sapho) Marriage is a desperate thing. - John Selden, Table Talk--Marriage A young man married is a man that's marred. - William Shakespeare But earthlier happy is the rose distilled than that which, withering on the virgin thorn, grows, lives, and dies in single blessedness. - William Shakespeare Hasty marriage seldom proveth well. - William Shakespeare Her gentle spirit commits itself to yours to be directed, as from her lord, her governor, her king. - William Shakespeare I am asham'd, that women are so simple To offer war, where they should kneel for peace Or seek for rule, supremacy, and sway, When they are bound to serve, love, and obey. - William Shakespeare I will fasten on this sleeve of thine; Thou art an elm, my husband, I, a vine. - William Shakespeare Look down, you gods, And on this couple drop a blessed crown. - William Shakespeare Maids are may when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives. - William Shakespeare She is mine own, And I as rich in having such a jewel As twenty seas, if all their sand were pearl, The water nectar and the rocks pure gold. - William Shakespeare She shall watch all night: And if she chance to nod I'll rail and brawl And with the clamour keep her still awake. This is the way to kill a wife with kindness. - William Shakespeare What is wedlock forced, but a hell, An age of discord and continual strife? Whereas the contrary bringeth forth bliss, And is a pattern of celestial peace. - William Shakespeare Thrice blessed they that master so their blood To undergo such maiden pilgrimage; But earthlier happy is the rose distilled Than that which, withering on the virgin thorn, Grows, lives, and dies in single blessedness. - William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream (Theseus at I, i) If you shall marry, You give away this hand, and this is mine; You give away heaven's vows, and those are mine; You give away myself, which is known mine; For I by vow am so embodied yours That she which marries you must marry me-- Either both or none. - William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well (Diana at V, iii) Say 'a day,' without the 'ever.' No, no, Orlando; men are April when they woo, December when they wed. Maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives. - William Shakespeare, As You Like It (Rosalind at IV, i) O, Men's vows are women's traitors! All good seeming, By thy revolt, O husband, shall be thought Put on for villainy, not born where't grows, But worn a bait for ladies. - William Shakespeare, Cymbeline (Pisanio at III, iv) Within a month, Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears Had left the flushing in her galled eyes, She married. - William Shakespeare, Hamlet Prince of Denmark (Hamlet at I, ii) The instances that second marriage move Are base respects of thrift, but none of love. A second time I kill my husband dead When second husband kisses me in bed. - William Shakespeare, Hamlet Prince of Denmark (Gertrude, Queen of Denmark at III, ii) Displaying page 7 of 10 for this topic: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 [7] 8 9 10
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