Almost no one is foolish enough to imagine that he automatically deserves great success in any field of activity; yet almost everyone believes that he automatically deserves success in marriage.
Interpretation
Success in marriage is often expected without effort, unlike other pursuits which require hard work.
This quote highlights the paradox in societal expectations regarding success in different aspects of life. While people generally recognize that achieving great success in their careers or hobbies requires dedication and perseverance, many tend to assume that a successful marriage should come effortlessly, revealing a gap in understanding the complexities and work involved in sustaining a healthy and fulfilling relationship.
In practice
During a wedding speech, I could refer to this quote to emphasize the importance of continual effort in marriage.
A person is either himself or not himself; is either rooted in his existence or is a fabrication; has either found his humanhood or is still playing with masks and roles and status symbols. And nobody is more aware of this difference (although unconsciously) than a child. Only an authentic person can evoke a good response in the core of the other person; only person is resonant to person.
We evaluate others with a Godlike justice, but we want them to evaluate us with a Godlike compassion.
The commonest fallacy among women is that simply having children makes them a mother - which is as absurd as believing that having a piano makes one a musician.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
"Terrorism" is what we call the violence of the weak, and we condemn it; "war" is what we call the violence of the strong, and we glorify it.
At it's highest level, the purpose of teaching is not to teachβit is to inspire the desire for learning. Once a student's mind is set on fire, it will find a way to provide its own fuel.
The life of many a person could probably be changed if only someone would make him feel important.
Drowning people Sometimes die Fighting their rescuers.
Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.
And that's the insult of it, how always it comes back to a woman being a "good" mother in the world's eyes or a "bad" mother, how everything in a woman's life is funneled through her body between her legs.
Perhaps it is indeed time I began to look at this whole matter of bantering more enthusiastically. After all, when one thinks about it, it is not such a foolish thing to indulge in - particularly if it is the case that in bantering lies the key to human warmth.
It may be regarded as certain that not a foot of land will ever be taken from the Indians without their own consent.
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