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Well, the old theory was “marry an older man because they’re more mature”. But the new theory is “men don’t mature — marry a young one”.
Rita Rudnerborn 1953Best of the Improv, Vol. 3 (2003)
- Men
Marriage is for women the commonest mode of livelihood, and the total amount of undesired sex endured by women is probably greater in marriage than in prostitution.
Bertrand Russell1872–1970Marriage and Morals (1929)
- Women
Often and often, a marriage hardly differs from prostitution except by being harder to escape from.
Bertrand Russell1872–1970Proposed Roads To Freedom (1918), Ch VIII: The World As It Could Be Made, p. 129-130
It takes two to make a marriage a success and only one to make it a failure.
HSHerbert Samuel
Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments.
William Shakespeare1564–1616Sonnet 116 (1609), Sonnets (1609), CXVIIn context
- Love
Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage
William Shakespeare1564–1616Twelfth Night (c. 1601), Act I, Scene V, spoken by ClownIn context
- Comedy
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 Shakespeare1564–1616As You Like It (c. 1599), Act IV, Scene I, spoken by RosalindIn context
- Men
- Women
It is most unwise for people in love to marry.
George Bernard Shaw1856–1950
The confusion of marriage with morality has done more to destroy the conscience of the human race than any other single error.
George Bernard Shaw1856–1950Man and Superman (1903), p. 121
- Morality
Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated; often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing any one who comes between them.
Sydney Smith1771–1845Lady Holland’s Memoir (1855)
My advice to you is to get married. If you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not you’ll become a philosopher.
Socrates470–399 BC
- Philosophy
A husband is what’s left of the lover after the nerve has been extracted.
Socrates470–399 BC
- Men
As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will; he will
be sure to repent it.
Socrates470–399 BC
Idleness, which is often becoming and even wise in the bachelor, begins to wear a different aspect when you have a wife to support.
Robert Louis Stevenson1850–1894Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers (1881), “Virginibus Puerisque”, Ch. 2.
The reason why so few marriages are happy is because young ladies spend their time in making nets, not in making cages.
Jonathan Swift1667–1745Thoughts on Various Subjects from Miscellanies (1711-1726)
- Women