 Did you ever hear my definition of marriage ? It is, that it resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated ; often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing any one who comes between them.  Reflections of a Lawyer - Page 143by Morris Salem - 1911 - 144 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American wit and humor - 1906 - 168 pages
...deep as the ocean, And their misfortune as light as its foam. To Marriage — The happy estate which resembles a pair of shears ; so joined that they cannot...moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes between them. I drink it as the fates ordain it. Come fill it and have done with rhymes.... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - Quotations, English - 1908 - 772 pages
...man and woman are married their romance ceases and their history commences. — Koctiebrune. Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot...always punishing any one who comes between them.— Sydtu-y Smith. Maids want nothing but husbands, and when they have them, they want everything. —... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - Quotations, English - 1908 - 788 pages
...and woman are married their romance ceases and their history commences. — fíochebrune. Marriage then the will. — •Лош bert. The excellence...rare or abstruse sentiment, as in the compréhension Sydney Smith. Maids want nothing but husbands, and when they have them, they want everything. — Shakespeare.... | |
 | Frank Wadleigh Chandler - Drama - 1914 - 524 pages
...horrible couple transcend what Sydney Smith dreamt of when, in jest, he compared husband and wife to "a pair of shears so joined that they cannot be separated;...moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing any who come between them." Ill From the plays of marital disaster, due in every case to the lack of mutual... | |
 | Edward Verrall Lucas - London (England) - 1916 - 428 pages
...behind : the result has been excellent." " 'Did you ever hear my definition of marriage? It is, that it resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they...always punishing any one who comes between them.' " "'I see you will not believe it, but I was once very shy.' 'Were you indeed, Mr. Smith? how did you... | |
 | 1916 - 806 pages
...as " a crusty couple divided by a tongue." Sydney Smith's definition of marriage is well known : " It resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they...moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes between them." 712 NO CLAIM. \ MANAGER OF INSURANCE COMPANY: We have investigated... | |
 | Frank Pittman, Frank S. Pittman - Family & Relationships - 1990 - 324 pages
...then go off and do whatever holds you together during this time. 11 / Marital Arrangements "Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot...moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes between them." SIDNEY SMITH, LADY HOLLAND'S MEMOIR "Though marriage makes man and... | |
 | David M Schnarch - Psychology - 1991 - 664 pages
...of the chaise-longue. (Mrs. Patrick Campbell (18651 940), in Concise Oxford, 1981) My definition of marriage: It resembles a pair of shears, so joined...moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes between them. (Rev. Sydney Smith (1771-1845), in Concise Oxford, 1981) To the degree... | |
 | Ashton Applewhite, Tripp Evans, Andrew Frothingham - Humor - 1992 - 552 pages
...husband. — Shana Alexander Marriage is the only adventure open to the timid. — Voltaire Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot...moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes between them. — Sydney Smith Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion... | |
 | Tripp Evans, Andrew Frothingham - Humor - 1992 - 178 pages
...invented. • To marriage — the happy estate which, as Sydney Smith observed, "resembles a pairs of shears; so joined that they cannot be separated;...moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes between them." • May all single men get married, and all married men be happy. •... | |
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