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.
These are thy bridal flowers
I am now wreathing;
This is thy marriage hymn
I am now breathing.
Thrice venomed is the wound when 'tis Love's hand
Inflicts the blow.
Love is that liquor sweet and most divine,
Which my God feels as blood, but I as wine.
Only God, my dear,
Could love you for yourself alone
And not your yellow hair.
Exuberance to me early meant ecstacy of love, the poetic principle of life.
Friendship, 'tis said, is love without his wings,
And friendship, sir, is sweet enough for me.
I am convinced we do not only love ourselves in others but hate ourselves in others too.