“A life allied with mine, for the rest of our lives... that is the miracle of marriage.” MarriageOur LivesMinesMiracle Book:Love in the Western World Source: Love in the Western World
“Passion and marriage are essentially irreconcilable. Their origins and their ends make them mutually exclusive. Their co-existence in our midst constantly raises insoluble problems, and the strife thereby engendered constitutes a persistent danger for every one of our social safeguards.” EndsProblemPassionSocialExistenceMarriageDangerRaisesMidstStrifePersistentExclusive Author:Denis de Rougemont
“Both in the lower and the middle classes the wiseacres urge young men 'to think it over' before taking the decisive step. Thus they foster the delusion that the choice of a wife or husband may be governed by a certain number of accurately weighable pros and cons. This is a crude delusion on the part of common sense.” ThinkingMenMayYoungCertainChoicesCommonNumbersMarriageStepsClassWifeMiddleHusbandCommon SenseYoung ManMiddle ClassDelusionUrgesCrudePros And Cons Author:Denis de Rougemont
