A great poet has seldom sung of lawfully wedded happiness, but of free and secret love; and in this respect, too the time is coming when there will no longer be one standard of morality for poetry and another for life. To anyone tender of conscience, the ties formed by a free connection are stronger than the legal ones.
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They say marriages are made in Heaven. But so is thunder and lightning.
They say marriages are made in Heaven. But so is thunder and lightning.
Those who talk most about the blessings of marriage and the
constancy of its vows are the very people read more
Those who talk most about the blessings of marriage and the
constancy of its vows are the very people who declare that if the
chain were broken and the prisoners were left free to choose, the
whole social fabric would fly asunder. You can't have the
argument both ways. If the prisoner is happy, why lock him in?
If he is not, why pretend that he is?
The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.
The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.
Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.
Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.
The homegrown tomato is best
(in reference to choosing a marriage partner).
The homegrown tomato is best
(in reference to choosing a marriage partner).
Well-married, a man is winged: ill-matched, he is shackled.
Well-married, a man is winged: ill-matched, he is shackled.
Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold read more
Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.
A psychiatrist asks a lot of expensive questions your wife asks for nothing.
A psychiatrist asks a lot of expensive questions your wife asks for nothing.
Marriage should be a duet - when one sings, the other claps.
Marriage should be a duet - when one sings, the other claps.
