Famous Quotes

"Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet a happy marriage has the tranquillity of a lovely sunset."

Ann Landers on Marriage

More quotes about Marriage

• "A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person."

  Mignon McLaughlin on Marriage

• "By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher."

  Socrates on Marriage

• "It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages."

  Friedrich Nietzsche on Marriage

• "How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being."

  Oscar Wilde on Marriage

• "Don't marry the person you think you can live with marry only the individual you think you can't live without."

  James C. Dobson on Marriage

More quotes by Ann Landers

• "All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest - never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principles of equal partnership."

• "There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat."

• "Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses."

• "Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies."

• "Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses."