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“Is not a kiss the very autograph of love?”
—JOURNALIST/CRITIC HENRY FINCK
SINGLE GENTLEMAN SEEKS SINGLE FAIR LADY FOR MATRIMONY
The very first personal ad may have appeared in the British publication Collection for the Improvement of Husbandry and Trade in 1695: “A Gentleman about 30 Years of Age, that says he has a Very Good Estate, would willingly Match Himself to some young Gentlewoman that has a fortune of £3000 or thereabouts, And he will make settlement to Content.”
“Immature love says: ‘I love you because I need you.’ Mature love says: ‘I need you because I love you.’”
—CONFUCIUS
“Treasure each other in the recognition that we do not know how long we shall have each other.”
—RABBI JOSHUA L. LIEBMAN
“New love is the brightest, and long love is the greatest; but revived love is the tenderest thing known on earth.”
—THOMAS HARDY, THE HAND OF ETHELBERTA
LOVE AT ROOM TEMPERATURE
In 1666, a German doctor, Sigmund Elsholz, put forward the idea that a husband and wife who had different temperaments could improve their marriage by exchanging blood. If a “hot-blooded” spouse gave blood to a “cold-blooded” one, suggested Elsholz, their personalities would even out.
“Don’t worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you.”
—COMEDIAN JOEY ADAMS
In every house of marriage
there’s room for an interpreter.
—STANLEY KUNITZ, “ROUTE SIX”
“A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.”
—JOURNALIST MIGNON MCLAUGHLIN
LET NO MAN PUT ASUNDER
In late seventeenth-century England, the only ground for a legal civil divorce was adultery. But the injured party had to supply proof of his or her own spotless behavior, obtain a separation granted by the ecclesiastic courts, and be granted a divorce by a Special Act of Parliament. Since all of this cost thousands of pounds, only the very rich could afford it—and they rarely bothered anyway.
“Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.”
—ROMANS 12:9
“I’ve had a perfectly lovely evening. But this wasn’t it.”
—GROUCHO MARX
—JOURNALIST/CRITIC HENRY FINCK
SINGLE GENTLEMAN SEEKS SINGLE FAIR LADY FOR MATRIMONY
The very first personal ad may have appeared in the British publication Collection for the Improvement of Husbandry and Trade in 1695: “A Gentleman about 30 Years of Age, that says he has a Very Good Estate, would willingly Match Himself to some young Gentlewoman that has a fortune of £3000 or thereabouts, And he will make settlement to Content.”
“Immature love says: ‘I love you because I need you.’ Mature love says: ‘I need you because I love you.’”
—CONFUCIUS
“Treasure each other in the recognition that we do not know how long we shall have each other.”
—RABBI JOSHUA L. LIEBMAN
“New love is the brightest, and long love is the greatest; but revived love is the tenderest thing known on earth.”
—THOMAS HARDY, THE HAND OF ETHELBERTA
LOVE AT ROOM TEMPERATURE
In 1666, a German doctor, Sigmund Elsholz, put forward the idea that a husband and wife who had different temperaments could improve their marriage by exchanging blood. If a “hot-blooded” spouse gave blood to a “cold-blooded” one, suggested Elsholz, their personalities would even out.
“Don’t worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you.”
—COMEDIAN JOEY ADAMS
In every house of marriage
there’s room for an interpreter.
—STANLEY KUNITZ, “ROUTE SIX”
“A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.”
—JOURNALIST MIGNON MCLAUGHLIN
LET NO MAN PUT ASUNDER
In late seventeenth-century England, the only ground for a legal civil divorce was adultery. But the injured party had to supply proof of his or her own spotless behavior, obtain a separation granted by the ecclesiastic courts, and be granted a divorce by a Special Act of Parliament. Since all of this cost thousands of pounds, only the very rich could afford it—and they rarely bothered anyway.
“Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.”
—ROMANS 12:9
“I’ve had a perfectly lovely evening. But this wasn’t it.”
—GROUCHO MARX
