"Where there is marriage without love, there will be love without marriage."

Franklin, Benjamin on marriage
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"It destroys one's nerve to be amiable every day to the same human being."

Disraeli, Benjamin on marriage
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"I'm certain that most couples expect to find intimacy in marriage, but it somehow eludes them."

Dobson, Dr. James C. on marriage
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"Men marry to make an end; women to make a beginning."

Dupuy, Alexis on marriage
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"Marriage is socialism among two people."

Ehrenreich, Barbara on marriage
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"Is not marriage an open question, when it is alleged, from the beginning of the world, that such as are in the institution wish to get out, and such as are out wish to get in?"

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on marriage   

"The betrothed and accepted lover has lost the wildest charms of his maiden by her acceptance. She was heaven while he pursued her, but she cannot be heaven if she stoops to one such as he!"

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on marriage
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"Married life requires shared mystery even when all the facts are known."

Ford, Richard on marriage
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"Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half-shut afterwards."

Franklin, Benjamin on marriage
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"One good husband is worth two good wives, for the scarcer things are, the more they are valued."

Franklin, Benjamin on marriage
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"I grew up in a very large family in a very small house. I never slept alone until after I was married."

Grizzard, Lewis on marriage