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Sara — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:18:30 +0000

Insurance is like marriage. You pay, pay, pay, and you never get anything back.
—Al Bundy, character on Married with Children, U.S. television show

Sara — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:35:07 +0000

In the blithe days of honeymoon,
With Kate’s allurements smitten,
I lov’d her late, I lov’d her soon,
And call’d her dearest kitten.
But now my kitten’s grown a cat,
And cross like other wives.
O! By my soul my honest Mat,
I fear she has nine lives.
—James Boswell

Sara — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:34:47 +0000

MARRIAGE, n. The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress and two slaves, making in all, two.
—Ambrose Bierce

Sara — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:34:26 +0000

The world has suffered more from the ravages of ill-advised marriages than from virginity.
—Ambrose Bierce

Sara — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:34:15 +0000

Marriage is low down, but you spend the rest of your life paying for it.
—Baskins

Sara — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:34:04 +0000

It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage.
—Jane Austen

Sara — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:33:51 +0000

Marriage is the only war in which you sleep with the enemy.
—Anonymous

Sara — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:33:41 +0000

Marriage is like a violin. After the music is over, you still have the strings.
—Anonymous

Sara — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:33:32 +0000

Marriage is like a hot bath. Once you get used to it, it’s not so hot.
—Anonymous

Sara — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:33:18 +0000

Marriage is like a box of chocolates. You have to squeeze a few bottoms to make sure you like what you are getting.
—Anonymous