"By the time you swear you're his, Shivering and sighing. And he vows his passion is, Infinite, undying. Lady make note of this -- One of you is lying."
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"Love and marriage, love and marriage, go together like a horse and carriage. This I tell ya, brother, you can't have one without the other."
"When you love you should not think you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course."
"Thoughtfulness is like a glue that hold a married couple together. Be creative and consistent in finding thoughtful ways to show your spouse that you love them and they are always on your mind."
"Real love is when you are completely committed to someone even when they are being completely unlovable."
"This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love: the more they give, the more they possess."
"In our house we don't take ourselves too seriously, and laughter is the best form of unity, I think, in a marriage."
"Some people claim that marriage interferes with romance. There's no doubt about it. Anytime you have a romance, your wife is bound to interfere."
"Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards."
"It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death."
"Success in marriage is more than finding the right person: it is being the right person."
"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."
"The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin."
"Marriage is a career which brings about more benefits than many others."
"Happiness is being at peace, being with loved ones, being comfortable...but most of all, it's having those loved ones."
"The goal of our life should not be to find joy in marriage, but to bring more love and truth into the world. We marry to assist each other in this task. The most selfish and hateful life of all is that of two beings who unite in order to enjoy life. The highest calling is that of the man who has dedicated his life to serving God and doing good, and who unites with a woman in order to further that purpose."
"In a word, live together in the forgiveness of your sins, for without it no human fellowship, least of all a marriage, can survive. Don't insist on your rights, don't blame each other, don't judge or condemn each other, don't find fault with each other, but accept each other as you are, and forgive each other every day from the bottom of your hearts."
"There is a path from me to you that I am constantly looking for."
"It's not the men in my life that count, it's the life in my men."
"Love never claims, it ever gives."