#matrimony

[In 16th century European society] Marriage was the triumphal arch through which women, almost without exception, had to pass in order to reach the public eye. And after marriage followed, in theory, the total self-abnegation of the woman. ↗

— Antonia Fraser

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They say all marriages are made in heaven, but so are thunder and lightning. ↗

— Clint Eastwood

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There can be no disparity in marriage like unsuitability of mind and purpose. ↗

— Charles Dickens

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I see no room in holy Scripture for any sexual activity outside of matrimony. ↗

— George Carey

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There is no road to wealth so easy and respectable as that of matrimony. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

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The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly. ↗

— Peter De Vries

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A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment. ↗

— Jane Austen

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Nowadays love is a matter of chance, matrimony a matter of money and divorce a matter of course. ↗

— Helen Rowland

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The critical period in matrimony is breakfast-time. ↗

— Alan Patrick Herbert

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LEONATO Well, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband. BEATRICE Not till God make men of some other metal than earth. Would it not grieve a woman to be overmastered with a pierce of valiant dust? to make an account of her life to a clod of wayward marl? No, uncle, I'll none: Adam's sons are my brethren; and, truly, I hold it a sin to match in my kindred. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#empowerment #equality #freedom #happiness #husbands