“In marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his moral being.”– Robert Louis Stevenson Related Quotes “Men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage – they’ve experienced pain and bought jewelry.”— Rita Rudner “First wives are a rite of passage into adult life. In many ways it’s important that first marriages go wrong. That’s how we learn the truth about ourselves.”— J.G. Ballard “If we just had some time to ourselves, we could talk to each other the way we used to. Maybe about nothing in particular at first, but even that would be a start.”— A. Manette Ansay