Quote by Samuel Johnson

Such is the common process of marriage. A youth and maiden exchange meeting by chance, or brought together by artifice, exchange glances, reciprocate civilities, go home, and dream of one another. Having little to divert attention, or diversify thought, they find themselves uneasy when they are apart, and therefore conclude that they shall be happy together. They marry, and discover what nothing but voluntary blindness had before concealed they wear out life in altercations, and charge nature with cruelty.

Such is the common process of marriage. A youth and maiden e

Summary

This quote highlights a cynical view of the institution of marriage. It suggests that in many cases, people enter marriage impulsively or manipulatively, driven by infatuation or a sense of social obligation. However, once married, they discover the flaws and challenges in their partner and in themselves. Arguments and dissatisfaction become a recurring theme, leading to a realization that the expectations of happiness were misguided. The quote also implies that this suffering is a result of human nature rather than inherent cruelty in the world.

Topics

Age

By Samuel Johnson

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you?

If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.

Good

I have said this many times, that there seems to be enough r

I have said this many times, that there seems to be enough room in the world for mediocre men, but not for mediocre women, and we really have to work very, very hard.

Madeleine Albright

Women

There will always be cougars outside. It's such a chick thin

There will always be cougars outside. It's such a chick thing to think that life should just go on forever.

Chuck Palahniuk

Life Women

The play was a great success, but the audience was a disaste

The play was a great success, but the audience was a disaster.

Play/games

Common sense is judgment without reflection, shared by an en

Common sense is judgment without reflection, shared by an entire class, an entire nation, or the entire human race.

Giambattista Vico

Common Sense

Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degr

Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense?

Gun Control

My friend has a baby. I'm recording all the noises he makes

My friend has a baby. I'm recording all the noises he makes solater I can ask him what he meant.

Humor Funny

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

Art

When I entered high school I was an A-student, but not for l

When I entered high school I was an A-student, but not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to hang out with the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student, but I didn't care. I was getting the high fives and the low fives and the pats on the back. I was cool.

Benjamin Carson

Cool

Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just g

Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.

Inspirational Productivity Writing

Things somehow seem more real and vivid when one can apply s

Things somehow seem more real and vivid when one can apply somebody else's ready-made phrase about them (...) you bring them out triumphantly, and feel you've clinched the argument with the mere magical sound of them. That's what comes of the higher education.

Education Quotes

I love romantic poetry.

I love romantic poetry.

Richard Dawkins

Poetry