Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.
Wedding Quotes
Wikiquote has no wedding page of its own to draw on, so this one is a blend of the marriage, love and romance pages. Only one quote in the data is filed under weddings directly: Ambrose Bierce’s entry in The Devil’s Dictionary (1911), a definition of the ceremony as a joke about who ends up as nothing. It is funny and it is not for a toast.
For a reading or a speech, the love and romance material is the better bet. Shakespeare and Byron are both here. Look at the source line under each quote before you print it on anything.
Love only enters as a native there,
For born in heav'n, it does but sojourn here.
He that alone would wise and mighty be,
Commands that others love as well as he.
If we love mankind, pity them, we even wish to suffer for them.
My personal belief is that marriage is between one man and one woman, for life.
She fair, he full of bashfulness and truth,
Loved much, hoped little, and desired nought.
He that never had sorrow of love never had joy of it either!
I am very independent. I can look after myself but I still need a lot of love and care.
So true it is that love of money alone is incapable of dreading death by the sword.
Yet many a man is making friends with death
Even as I speak, for lack of love alone.
Religion's Meaning when I would recall,
Love is to me the plainest Word of all.
It is only for your love alone that the poor will forgive you the bread you give to them.