H.L.Mencken Marriage Quotes

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What did H.L.Mencken say about Marriage?

H.L.Mencken has written many quotes about Marriage. E.g.,

  • Strike an average between what a woman thinks of her husband a month before she marries him and what she thinks of him a year afterward, and you will have the truth about him.
  • Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?
  • Bachelors know more about women than married men if they didn't they'd be married too.

What are the top most famous Marriage quotes by H.L.Mencken?

Here are the top most famous quotes about Marriage by H.L.Mencken.

  • Strike an average between what a woman thinks of her husband a month before she marries him and what she thinks of him a year afterward, and you will have the truth about him.
  • Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?
  • Bachelors know more about women than married men if they didn't they'd be married too.
  • Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing, they marry later for another thing, they die earlier.
  • Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at a coroner's inquest.
  • For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Our friends seldom profit us but they make us feel safe. Marriage is a scheme to accomplish exactly that same end.