Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated, often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes in between them.

Quote by Sydney Smith

Topics: Marriage Quotes

Bishop Berkeley destroyed this world in one volume octavo; and nothing remained, after his time,...

Bishop Berkeley destroyed this world in one volume octavo; and nothing remained, after his time,...

Let the Dean and Canons lay their heads together and the thing will be done.

Let the Dean and Canons lay their heads together and the thing will be done.

No furniture is so charming as books.

No furniture is so charming as books.

To do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and...

To do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and...

The dearest things in the world are our neighbor's eyes; they cost everybody more than...

The dearest things in the world are our neighbor's eyes; they cost everybody more than...

Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities...

Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities...

Heaven never helps the men who will not act.

Heaven never helps the men who will not act.

It resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated, often moving...

It resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated, often moving...

That sign of old age, extolling the past at the expense of the present.

That sign of old age, extolling the past at the expense of the present.

The object of preaching is to constantly remind mankind of what they keep forgetting; not...

The object of preaching is to constantly remind mankind of what they keep forgetting; not...

Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed; be anything else and you...

Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed; be anything else and you...

What you don't know would make a great book.

What you don't know would make a great book.

It is natural to every man to wish for distinction, and the praise of those...

It is natural to every man to wish for distinction, and the praise of those...

A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little...

A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little...

It is safest to be moderately base - to be flexible in shame, and to...

It is safest to be moderately base - to be flexible in shame, and to...

Find fault when you must find fault in private, and if possible sometime after the...

Find fault when you must find fault in private, and if possible sometime after the...

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for...

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for...

My biggest regret in life is that I didn't hit John Denver in the mouth...

My biggest regret in life is that I didn't hit John Denver in the mouth...

A mans biggest mistake is giving another man an opportunity to make his woman smile.

A mans biggest mistake is giving another man an opportunity to make his woman smile.

Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear...

Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear...