The woman cries before the wedding; the man afterward.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Topics: Men And Women Quotes, Wedding Quotes

The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men -...

The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men -...

I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity, but I...

I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity, but I...

To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as...

The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as...

One's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.

One's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.

Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell...

Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell...

[I]t is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that...

[I]t is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that...

To be civilized is to be potentially master of all possible ideas, and that means...

To be civilized is to be potentially master of all possible ideas, and that means...

There is no time like the old time, when you and I were young!

There is no time like the old time, when you and I were young!

I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he...

I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he...

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it....

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it....

Husband and wife come to look alike at last

Husband and wife come to look alike at last

Beware how you take away hope from any human being

Beware how you take away hope from any human being

Old time, in whose banks we deposit our notes, Is a miser who always wants...

Old time, in whose banks we deposit our notes, Is a miser who always wants...

Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of...

Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of...

The advice of their elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal...

The advice of their elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal...

If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than...

If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than...

Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don you love a cushioned seat in a...

Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don you love a cushioned seat in a...

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they...

Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they...