posted October 19, 2005 10:22 AM         

MARRIAGE
"An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit." ~Pliny the Younger (Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundis), Letters

Strike an average between what a woman thinks of her husband a month before she marries him and what she thinks of him a year afterward, and you will have the truth about him. ~H.L. Mencken, A Book of Burlesques, 1916

I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life. ~Rita Rudner

Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then. ~Katherine Hepburn

It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being. ~Benjamin Disraeli

All marriages are happy. It's the living together afterward that causes all the trouble. ~Raymond Hull

Any intelligent woman who reads the marriage contract, and then goes into it, deserves all the consequences. ~Isadora Duncan

When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, they are required to swear that they will remain in that excited, abnormal, and exhausting condition continuously until death do them part. ~G.B. Shaw, Getting Married, 1908

Marriage ceremony: an incredible metaphysical sham of watching God and the law being dragged into the affairs of your family. ~O.C. Ogilvie

Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution. ~Mae West

Wedding rings: the world's smallest handcuffs. ~Author Unknown

When a women steals your husband, there is no better revenge than to let her keep him. ~Sacha Guitry, Elles et toi, 1948

What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are, but how you deal with incompatibility. ~George Levinger

When a girl marries she exchanges the attentions of many men for the inattention of one. ~Helen Rowland

posted October 19, 2005 11:38 AM         

thanks for the laughs/insights virgo libra.

posted October 19, 2005 12:10 PM         

Finding the right person and
Being the right person"

**********************************

"Unless one blossoms more
Beautifully than before
Through marriage
It cannot be called true marriage"

************* ***************

posted October 19, 2005 01:09 PM         

quote:

---

"Remember that a good marriage
Depends on two things:
Finding the right person and
Being the right person"

---