Love is a subject to himself alone,
And knows no other empire than his own.
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.
Of all pains, the greatest pain
Is to love, and love in vain.
Marriage the happiest bond of love might be,
If hands were only join'd when hearts agree.
It is not monogamy when there is one legal wife, and mistresses out of sight.
I can see the black spots of the sun [remark to Sonia Delaunay, his wife and female artist].
Wayward beauty doth not fancy move,
A frown forbids, a smile engendereth love.
The language of marriage is often the language of ownership rather than the language of partnership.
I want to really live in the present, and find love and joy in the world around me.