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If thou rememb’rest not the slightest folly into which love hast made thee run, though hast not loved.
William Shakespeare1564–1616
In his younger days a man dreams of possessing the heart of the woman whom he loves; later, the feeling that he possesses the heart of a woman may be enough to make him fall in love with her.
Marcel Proust1871–1922Remembrance of Things Past (1913-1927), Vol I: Swann’s Way (1913), “Swann in Love”
- Men
- Women
I know you’ve been married to the same woman for 69 years. That is marvelous. It must be very inexpensive.
Johnny Carson1925–2005
- Marriage
People who are not in love fail to understand how an intelligent man can suffer because of a very ordinary woman. This is like being surprised that anyone should be stricken with cholera because of a creature so insignificant as the comma bacillus.
Marcel Proust1871–1922
What a profound significance small things assume when the woman we love conceals them from us.
Marcel Proust1871–1922
- Women
If variety is the spice of life, marriage is the big can of leftover Spam.
Johnny Carson1925–2005
- Marriage
Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless who know love’s tragedies.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890)In context
Honeymoon: a short period of doting between dating and debating.
RBRay Bandy
- Marriage
When a woman marries again it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck; men risk theirs.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890)In context
An engagement should come on a young girl as a surprise, pleasant or unpleasant, as the case may be. It is hardly a matter that she could be allowed to arrange for herself.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), Act IIn context
- Marriage
The love we give away is the only love we keep.
Elbert Hubbard1856–1915
Life in abundance comes only through great love.
Elbert Hubbard1856–1915
Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.
Martin Luther King Jr.1929–1968Strength to Love (1963)
- Anger
The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
Bertrand Russell1872–1970What I Believe (1925)
- Knowledge
- Life & Death
Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
Bertrand Russell1872–1970The Conquest of Happiness (1930)
- Happiness