Quote by Helen Rowland

Nowadays love is a matter of chance, matrimony a matter of money and divorce a matter of course.

Nowadays love is a matter of chance, matrimony a matter of m

Summary

This quote highlights the changing dynamics of modern relationships. It suggests that finding love has become more unpredictable, as it is left to chance and circumstances. Matrimony, on the other hand, is seen as being driven by financial considerations rather than sincere affection. The quote also implies that divorce has become increasingly common and accepted in society. Overall, it reflects a cynical perspective on the state of love, marriage, and relationships in contemporary times.

Topics

Money

By Helen Rowland

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Don't dissipate your powers; strive to concentrate them. Gen

Don't dissipate your powers; strive to concentrate them. Genius thinks it can do whatever it sees others doing, but it will surely repent of every ill-judged outlay.

Johann von Goethe

Concentration

To exist is a habit I do not despair of acquiring.

To exist is a habit I do not despair of acquiring.

A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success o

A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success or financial independence after the chief reason for which we sought it has passed away.

Success

To the Dark Lord,I know I will be dead long before you read

To the Dark Lord,I know I will be dead long before you read this but I want you to know that it was I who discovered your secret. I have stolen the real Horcrux and intend to destroy it as soon as I can. I face death in the hope that when you meet your match, you will be mortal once more.R.A.B

Harry Potter Horcruxe Locket

Perhaps the most important contribution to science that the

Perhaps the most important contribution to science that the Royal Society has made in its three centuries of existence is its early role in publishing Newton's masterful account of his discoveries.

Julian Schwinger

Science Society

I lay it down as a general rule, Harriet, that if a woman do

I lay it down as a general rule, Harriet, that if a woman doubts as to whether she should accept a man or not, she certainly ought to refuse him.

Emma Jane Austen

I hope to keep entertaining in some way until I can't physic

I hope to keep entertaining in some way until I can't physically entertain any longer. It's what I was born to do, and I love this profession.

Hope

Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, neve

Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them.

Francesco Guicciardini

Friendship

A man used to vicissitudes is not easily dejected.

A man used to vicissitudes is not easily dejected.

Man

I'm obsessed with zombies. I like watching zombie movies and

I'm obsessed with zombies. I like watching zombie movies and I read zombie books.

Movies

The drive to resist compulsion is more important in wild ani

The drive to resist compulsion is more important in wild animals than sex, food, or water. He found that captive white-footed mice spent inordinate time and energy just resisting experimental manipulation. If the experimenters turned the lights up, the mouse spent his time turning them down. If the experimenter turned the lights down, the mouse turned them up. The drive for competence or to resist compulsion is a drive to avoid helplessness.

Martin E. P. Seligman

Control

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible onl

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens