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It is not our exalted feelings, it is our sentiments that build the necessary home.
It is not our exalted feelings, it is our sentiments that build the necessary home.
Marriage is that relation between man and woman in which the independence is equal, the dependence mutual, and the obligation read more
Marriage is that relation between man and woman in which the independence is equal, the dependence mutual, and the obligation reciprocal.
The aura of the theocratic death penalty for adultery still clings to America, even outside New England, and multiple divorce, read more
The aura of the theocratic death penalty for adultery still clings to America, even outside New England, and multiple divorce, which looks to the European like serial polygamy, is the moral solution to the problem of the itch. Love comes into it too, of course, but in Europe we tend to see marital love as an eternity which encompasses hate and also indifference: when we promise to love we really mean that we promise to honor a contract. Americans, seeming to take marriage with not enough seriousness, are really taking love and sex with too much.
What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
Marriage is more than four bare legs in a bed.
Marriage is more than four bare legs in a bed.
There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can read more
Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.
Love is just a word until it is proven to you.
Love is just a word until it is proven to you.
I spent a lot of time with a crown on my head. [On her beauty pageant days].
I spent a lot of time with a crown on my head. [On her beauty pageant days].