A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
婚姻
Marriage
I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make my marriage vows mean what they say. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh.
我是我丈夫的好朋友。我试着让我的婚姻誓言言出必行。我出现。我听。我试着笑。
Marriage is like a besieged castle; those who are on the outside wish to get in; and those who are on the inside wish to get out.
婚姻就像一座被围困的城堡;在外面的人想进去;而那些在里面的人想要出去。
I believe in marriage. I believe marriage is a really important institution, it's one of the most important institutions we have.
我相信婚姻。我认为婚姻是一个非常重要的制度，它是我们拥有的最重要的制度之一。
The ceremony took six minutes. The marriage lasted about the same amount of time though we didn't get a divorce for almost a year.
典礼花了六分钟。虽然我们有将近一年没有离婚，但婚姻持续的时间大致相同。
Any one must see at a glance that if men and women marry those whom they do not love, they must love those whom they do not marry.
任何人都必须一眼看出，如果男人和女人嫁给他们不爱的人，他们也必须爱他们不爱的人。
Neither of us entered marriage thinking it wouldn't be a strain. Life has strains in it, and he's the person I want to strain with.
我们俩结婚时都不认为这会是一种压力。生活中充满了紧张，而他正是我想要和他一起紧张的人。
For some it takes a lifetime to find true love, But for the lucky ones a lifetime is merely enough to share the love they've found.
对一些人来说，找到真爱需要一生的时间，但对那些幸运的人来说，一生的时间只够分享他们找到的爱。
Daddy was real gentle with kids. That's why I expected so much out of marriage, figuring that all men should be steady and pleasant.
爸爸对孩子很温柔。这就是为什么我对婚姻期望如此之高，认为所有的男人都应该稳重、快乐。
It's risky in a marriage for a man to come home too late, but it can sometimes pose an even greater risk if he comes home too early.
在婚姻中，男人回家太晚是有风险的，但如果他回家太早，有时会带来更大的风险。
Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open.
婚姻是这样一种联盟:一个男人关着窗户睡不着，一个女人开着窗户睡不着。
He's a fool that marries, but he's a greater that does not marry a fool; what is wit in a wife good for, but to make a man a cuckold?
结了婚的是傻瓜，不娶傻瓜的人更伟大;妻子的聪明除了使男人戴上绿帽子外，还有什么用呢?
Marriage is not a noun; it's a verb. It isn't something you get. It's something you do. It's the way you love your partner every day.
婚姻不是一个名词;这是一个动词。这不是你能得到的。这是你做的事。这是你每天爱你的伴侣的方式。
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I like marriage, family life and I wish to get married again. But opting out of an unhappy marriage was a duty toward myself & my future.
我喜欢婚姻，家庭生活，我希望再次结婚。但选择结束一段不幸福的婚姻是对我自己和我的未来的一种责任。
My marriage? Up to now everything's okay. But it's a real marriage - imperfect and very difficult. It's all about people evolving somewhat simultaneously through their lives. I think we've emotionally evolved.
我的婚姻?到目前为止一切都很好。但这是一段真实的婚姻——不完美，非常艰难。这一切都是关于人们在他们的生活中同时进化。我认为我们已经在情感上进化了。
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.
成功的婚姻需要多次坠入爱河，而且总是和同一个人。
A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends.
一个人的友谊，就像他的意志一样，会因婚姻而失效——但同样会因朋友的婚姻而失效。
It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.
不幸福的婚姻不是缺少爱，而是缺少友谊。