The Bittersweetness of Marriage

Love conquers all things except poverty and a toothache.

——Mae West

Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't they'd be married too.

——H. L. Mencken

Marriage—a book of which the first chapter is written in poetry and the remaining chapters in prose.

——Beverley Nichols

Marriage is like a hot bath; once you get used to it, it ain't so hot.

——Minnie Pearl

Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.

——G. K. Chesterton

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher.

——Socrates

Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays.

——Henny Youngman

Getting divorced just because you don't love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do.

You never really know a man until you have divorced him.

——Zsa Zsa Gabor

Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.

——Joan Crawford

I think that we come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.

——Angelina Jolie

调侃婚姻

译/向梦

除了贫穷和牙痛之外，爱情征服一切。

——梅·韦斯特

单身汉比已婚男人更了解女性；如果他们不了解，他们也会结婚。

——亨利·路易斯·门肯

婚姻的第一章是用诗歌写成的，其余的章节用散文写成。

——贝佛利·尼克尔斯

婚姻就像洗热水澡，一旦你习惯了，就不那么热了。

——明妮·珀尔

婚姻是一种冒险，就像开战一样。

——切特斯顿

我给你的建议是结婚：如果你找到一个好妻子，你会很幸福；否则，你将成为一名哲学家。

——苏格拉底

有些人问我婚姻长久的奥秘。我们每周都要去两次餐厅，那里有烛光晚餐、轻柔的音乐，我们随之起舞。她周二去，我周五去。

——亨尼·杨曼

只是因为你不爱一个男人而离婚，几乎和只是因为你爱一个男人而结婚一样愚蠢。

在你和他离婚之前，你不了解男人。

——莎莎·嘉宝

爱是火。但它是会温暖你的壁炉，还是烧毁你的房子，你也许永远说不清楚。

——琼·克劳馥

我们相爱不是因为找到完美的人，而是学会完美地看待一个不完美的人。

——安吉丽娜·朱莉