Common Law Marriages

Famous quotes containing the words common, law and/or marriages:

“But neither milk-white rose nor red
May bloom in prison air;
The shard, the pebble, and the flint,
Are what they give us there:
For flowers have been known to heal
A common man’s despair.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

“Unless the law of marriage were first made human, it could never become divine.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)

“Some marriages depend on domestic arguments the way the courts depend on litigation.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)