"It is better to be unhappy in love than unhappy in marriage, but some people manage to be both." ― Guy de Maupassant Topic(s): Marriage More From Guy de Maupassant "The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom." "Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched." "The simplest of women are wonderful liars who can extricate themselves from the most difficult dilemmas with a skill bordering on genius." More In Marriage "I rise today in support of Bill C-38, the Civil Marriage Act. I rise in support of a Canada in which liberties are safeguarded, rights are protected and the people of this land are treated as equals under the law."― Paul Martin "The great secret of a successful marriage is to treat all disasters as incidents and none of the incidents as disasters."― Harold Nicolson "In a happy marriage it is the wife who provides the climate, the husband the landscape."― Gerald Brenan