#marriage

William: My brother has an appreciation of art, so I imagine the woman he chooses must be beautiful beyond the pale. Once he outgrows his current predilection with painting and accepts his family responsibilities, he'll need a wife who can move throughout society. She must have proper carriage and be a witty conversationalist. She should have excellent bloodlines as well, in the event of offspring. Emma: With the possible exception of a witty conversationalist, I believe you've described all the attributes of a racehorse. ↗

— Donna MacMeans

#horses #humor #marriage #art

Inspirations never go in for long engagements; they demand immediate marriage to action. ↗

— Brendan Francis

#demand #engagements #go #immediate #inspirations

I had only two offers of marriage in my life, and I refused both. ↗

— Catherine Helen Spence

#had #i #life #marriage #my life

A miracle... my biggest accomplishment is my marriage so far. Because it's hard, everyone knows it's hard. ↗

— Gwen Stefani

#because #biggest #everyone #far #hard

I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career. ↗

— Gloria Steinem

#advice #ask #career #combine #hear

Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle, not a bed of roses. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#bed #field #life #like #marriage

You can forgive people who do not follow you through a philosophical disquisition; but to find your wife laughing when you had tears in your eyes, or staring when you were in a fit of laughter, would go some way towards a dissolution of the marriage. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#eyes #find #fit #follow #forgive

In marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his moral being. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#being #degeneration #fatty #his #man

Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#conversation #disputes #long #marriage

Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

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