I've been thinking a lot about this subject lately...lots of questions to be answered and it seems like I'm the one holding the answers...
Here's what others have thought about marriage.
"When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory."
- Friedrich Nietzsche
"The heart of marriage is memories; and if the two of you happen to have the same ones and can savor your reruns, then your marriage is a gift from the gods."
- Bill Cosby
"Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle, not a bed of roses."
- Robert Louis Stevenson
"All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest - never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principles of equal partnership."
- Ann Landers
"In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self."
- William Penn
"Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he were a woman."
- Joseph Joubert
"Marriage may be the closest thing to Heaven or Hell any of us will know on this earth."
- Edwin Louis Cole
"You were born together, and together you shall be forever more. You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days. Ay, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God. But let there be spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.
Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. Fill each other’s cup, but drink not from one cup. Give one another of your bread, but eat not from the same loaf. Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each of you be alone, Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.
Give your hearts, but not into each other’s keeping. For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts. And stand together yet not too near together: For the pillars of the temple stand apart, And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other’s shadow."
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As I ponder the prospect of a second marriage for me after losing my first husband in death, I find this post wonderful and timely. :)
You saved the best for last. Our dear Khalil says is so well.
What are your thoughts on marriage?
Cora: I guess that all the quotes have something in them that I believe (and know from personal experience! ;)).
I think Khalil sums it up beautifully... "Love one another, but make not a bond of love" & "stand together yet not too near together" - is what I believe marriage (or any loving relationship) should be and is definitely good advice to those who are entering the union of two or trying to re-establish the boundaries in an already existing union. :)
Stormy, I'm so sorry for your loss. I hope you find great joy and many blessings if you remarry :)
E, words of wisdom <3 How wonder thou art!
Sorry Stormy, I forgot to post a thanks for you sweet comment. I'm glad the post 'fitted' you. :) I enjoy reading your Three Great Love post. Blessings to you and your Renaissance Man.
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