Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.

  • -- William Congreve 康格里夫

求偶之于婚姻,犹如一出枯燥乏味的戏剧的诙谐开场白。

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Flattery in courtship is the highest insolence, for whilst it pretends to bestow on you more than you deserve, it is watching an opportunity to take from you what you really have.

求爱时的奉承是最无礼的,因为它假装给你的东西比你应得的多,其实是在伺机夺走你真正拥有的东西。

Marriages don't last. When I meet a guy, the first question I ask myself is: is this the man I want my children to spend their weekends with?

婚姻不会持续。当我遇到一个男人,我问自己的第一个问题是:这就是我想让我的孩子和他共度周末的那个男人吗?

The bedfellows politics made are never strange. It only seems that way to those who have not watched the courtship.

政治上的同床异梦从来都不奇怪。只有那些没有看过求爱过程的人才会这么认为。

Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he were a woman.

只有在婚姻中选择一个男人,如果他是女人,你才会选择他做朋友。