Marriage is a bribe to make a housekeeper think she's a householder

Quote by Thornton Wilder

Topics: Marriage Quotes

It is only in appearance that time is a river. It is rather a vast...

It is only in appearance that time is a river. It is rather a vast...

I would love to be the poet laureate of Coney Island.

I would love to be the poet laureate of Coney Island.

An incinerator is a writer's best friend.

An incinerator is a writer's best friend.

The more decisions that you are forced to make alone, the more you are aware...

The more decisions that you are forced to make alone, the more you are aware...

For what human ill does not dawn seem to be an alleviation?

For what human ill does not dawn seem to be an alleviation?

Love is an energy which exists of itself. It is its own value.

Love is an energy which exists of itself. It is its own value.

Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than...

Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than...

I know that every good and excellent thing in the world stands moment by moment...

I know that every good and excellent thing in the world stands moment by moment...

We do not choose the day of our birth nor may we choose the day...

We do not choose the day of our birth nor may we choose the day...

The greatest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.

The greatest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.

In advertising, not to be different is virtual suicide.

In advertising, not to be different is virtual suicide.

Every good thing in the world stands on the razor-edge of danger.

Every good thing in the world stands on the razor-edge of danger.

All good things must come to an end, but all bad things can continue forever.

All good things must come to an end, but all bad things can continue forever.

Man is not an end but a beginning. We are at the beginning of the...

Man is not an end but a beginning. We are at the beginning of the...

The best thing about animals is that they don't talk much.

The best thing about animals is that they don't talk much.

If I wasn't an actor, I'd be a secret agent.

If I wasn't an actor, I'd be a secret agent.

The best thing about animals is that they don't talk much.

The best thing about animals is that they don't talk much.

Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.

Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.

Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.

Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.

Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it...

Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it...