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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A husband is what is left of the lover after the nerve has been
extracted.
A husband is what is left of the lover after the nerve has been
extracted.
She cried, and the judge wiped her tears with my checkbook.
She cried, and the judge wiped her tears with my checkbook.
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.
Marriage: A word which should be pronounced "mirage";.
Marriage: A word which should be pronounced "mirage";.
The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character.
The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character.
Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.
Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.
What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are, but how you deal with read more
What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are, but how you deal with incompatibility.
Well-married, a man is winged: ill-matched, he is shackled.
Well-married, a man is winged: ill-matched, he is shackled.
Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't they'd be married too.
Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't they'd be married too.
