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She married him to always be with him. He married her to forget it.

Happy is the marriage where one half snores and the other does not hear.

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished.

I kept the old rules. I believe that people should marry for life, like pigeons and Catholics.
(I don't believe in polygamy. People need to come together for life, like pigeons or Catholics.)

- If I were your wife, I would have left, too.
- If you were my wife, I would have hanged myself.

You know, I am not a supporter of marriage. The main harm of marriage is that it corrodes from human selfishness. And unselfish people are colorless, they lose their individuality. However, there are people whom marriage makes life more complicated. Keeping your "I", they complement it with many other people's "I". Such people are forced to live more than one life and becomes a highly organized person, and this, I think, is the purpose of our existence. In addition, every experience is of value, and whatever may be said against marriage, it's definitely a new experience, a new experience.

- Dorian is so smart, my dear Basil, that he could not from time to time not to do anything stupid.
But marriage is not one of those "stupid things" that make "from time to time, Harry."

Men marry because they are tired, women because they are curious; both are disappointed.
Men marry tired, women marry out of curiosity. And both marriage brings disappointment.

Me the word to marry has some kind of magical power: how I passionately I love a woman, if she give me only feel like I have to marry her, - sorry love! my heart turned to stone, and nothing will warm up again. I'm ready for all the victims, except for this; twenty times his life, even honor to put on the card... but my freedom will not sell.