Top Matrimony Quotes
Matrimony Definition
(n.) The union of man and woman as husband and wife; the nuptial state; marriage; wedlock.
(n.) A kind of game at cards played by several persons.
Your god, sir, is the World. In my eyes, you, too, if not an infidel, are an idolater. I conceive that you ignorantly worship: in all things you appear to me too superstitious. Sir, your god, your gre...
Charlotte Bronte
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contempt, death, decay, demons, discord, disgust, disharmony, disparity, domestic life, expectations
Which crime has the female sex committed to be sentenced to the harsh necessity which consists of being locked up all life either as a prisoner or a slave? I call the nuns prisoners and the married wo...
Christina Queen of Sweden
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bachelorhood, females, freedom, independence, marriage, matrimony, nuns, prisoners, queens, singles
What do you mean, 'Angle of Repose?' she asked me when I dreamed we were talking about Grandmother's life, and I said it was the angle at which a man or woman finally lies down. I suppose it is; and y...
Wallace Stegner
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intersection, life lines, love, marriage, married life, matrimony, parallels, perspective, pride, resignation
It was a fact generally acknowledged by all but the most contumacious spirits at the beginning of the seventeenth century that woman was the weaker vessel; weaker than man, that is. ... That was the w...
Antonia Fraser
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common law, empowerment, fathers, feminism, feudalism, gender, guardianship, history, husbands, independence
[In 16th century European society] Marriage was the triumphal arch through which women, almost without exception, had to pass in order to reach the public eye. And after marriage followed, in theory,...
Antonia Fraser
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empowerment, feminism, gender, history, independence, inequality, marriage, married life, matrimony, men
There are certain phrases potent to make my blood boil -- improper influence! What old woman's cackle is that?Are you a young lady?I am a thousand times better: I am an honest woman, and as such I wil...
Charlotte Bronte
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expectations, gender, honesty, independence, influence, integrity, love, marriage, matrimony, propriety