George Bernard Shaw Quotes about Marriage
Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.
"Maxims for Revolutionists (#1)". Book by George Bernard Shaw, 1903.
A contract for better for worse is a contract that should not be tolerated.
George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.2564, e-artnow
Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.
Man and Superman "Maxims for Revolutionists" (1903)
Getting Married preface (1911)
Man and Superman (1903) act 2
My mother married a very good man ... and she is not at all keen on my doing the same.
George Bernard Shaw (1977). “The Portable Bernard Shaw”, Viking Adult
There is no subject on which more dangerous nonsense is talked and thought than marriage.
George Bernard Shaw (2015). “George Bernard Shaw: Collected Articles, Lectures, Essays and Letters: Thoughts and Studies from the Renowned Dramaturge and Author of Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Pygmalion, Arms and The Man, Saint Joan, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion”, p.432, e-artnow
Morality consists of suspecting other people of not being legally married.
George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.2513, e-artnow
George Bernard Shaw (2015). “George Bernard Shaw: The Collected Plays (Illustrated): 60 plays including Caesar and Cleopatra, Pygmalion, Saint Joan, The Apple Cart, Cymbeline, Androcles And The Lion, The Man Of Destiny, The Inca Of Perusalem and Macbeth Skit”, p.1777, e-artnow
George Bernard Shaw (2004). “Heartbreak House”, p.162, 1st World Publishing
George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.5142, e-artnow
George Bernard Shaw (2010). “Mrs. Warren's Profession”, p.30, Cosimo, Inc.
Unless the law of marriage were first made human, it could never become divine.
George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Plays of George Bernard Shaw (Illustrated): Including Renowned Titles like Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, The Inca Of Perusalem, Macbeth Skit, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion”, p.1771, e-artnow
