Wedding phrases: the best wishes to dedicate to the newlyweds

When you are invited to a wedding, you have to start thinking about many details to best follow the "rules" of wedding etiquette. In addition to the dress, the gift for the couple and any travel arrangements to be made to reach the location of the great event, the words of thanks for the invitation and to wish the spouses a wonderful life together should not be omitted. there are many weddings, but it is necessary to know how to choose the right one based also on how much you are in confidence with your future husband and wife.

We have collected several famous phrases about marriage and true love written by great authors, but also some simpler and more traditional greetings, ideal for those who participate in a wedding of acquaintances and not close friends. If, on the other hand, you are looking for something witty to dedicate to a couple you are very familiar with, then why not choose a funny and ironic phrase?

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The most beautiful phrases on marriage by the great authors

Some phrases and poems by famous writers and philosophers lend themselves perfectly as a form of greetings for newlyweds. Some sentences have been composed precisely on the theme of marriage, while others speak of love in general, showing its strength and qualities, and thus are ideal even if you are celebrating an anniversary. By choosing one of these aphorisms, your congratulations will be elegant and effect: no one will be able to resist you!

When love calls you, follow it,
and when his wings surround you, rely on him,
and when he speaks to you, have faith in him.
Khalil Gibran

Marriage is, and will always remain, the most important journey of discovery that man can make.
Søren Kierkegaard

Love does not consist in looking at one another, but in looking together in the same direction.
Antoine de Saint Exupéry

One word frees us of all the burden and pain of life: that word is love.
Sophocles

Two things save us in life: love and laugh. If you have one it's fine. If you have both, you are invincible.
Tarun Tejpal

In a good marriage each of the two appoints the other guardian of his solitude
Rainer Maria Rilke

When a man's hand touches a woman's hand, they both touch the heart of eternity.
Khalil Gibran

Marriage is a long journey that lasts a lifetime!
Pope francesco

True love is manifested in small gestures, in attentive gazes, in unexpected caresses, in the silent presence that says more than a thousand words.
Stephen Littleword

Will we be happy or sad, who cares? We will be next to each other. And this must be, this is the essential.
Gabriele D'Annunzio

The highest happiness on earth is a successful marriage.
William Lyon Phelps

Marriage is a golden ring in a chain that begins in a glance and ends in eternity.
Khalil Gibran

Eventually the soulmates meet as they have the same hiding place.
Robert Brault

The most serious thing we can do on this earth is to love, the rest doesn't matter.
Julien Green

A show for the gods, the life of two lovers.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Love is that thing that you are on one side, he on the other and strangers realize that you love each other.
Massimo Troisi

The ability to laugh together is love.
Françoise Sagan

Make beautiful dreams. Indeed, do them together. Together they are worth more.
Massimo Gramellini

Greetings and congratulations that never go out of style

If you are about to attend a wedding of which you do not know the spouses very well or you are not very familiar with them, we suggest one of these phrases with which you cannot go wrong. Classic and traditional, these are the most tested forms of greeting that can be used as a reference and then modified according to your imagination.

To a wonderful couple, in memory of your most beautiful day. Best wishes and heartfelt congratulations to the newlyweds.

True luck is to love and be loved. Dear spouses, I wish you to be the luckiest people in the world. Congratulations!

A special thought for a wedding that is truly unattainable, exciting, in one word beautiful.

Best wishes for your wedding, enjoy this new beginning.

May the star of affection and love that accompanies you today shine on your beautiful couple, every day, for a lifetime.

I wish you never to lose that sparkle you have in your eyes today. Best wishes for a happy life together!

May your hearts beat in unison forever. Congratulations!

I wish you a lot of happiness to keep you sweet, a lot of trials to keep you strong, a lot of hope to keep you happy, a lot of friends to give you comfort, a lot of determination to make every day more beautiful than the day before.

May this day be a reflection of your future life: magnificent, splendid and full of surprises and joy. Best wishes for this day full of love.

May the enchantment of your wedding day be just the premise for a long and happy life for two.

Best wishes for a beautiful wedding, which does not end with today's ceremony but which inaugurates a new life.

True love is the journey in two towards the light of a common ideal. My warmest wishes.

Congratulations on the big step ... it is appropriate to say that you are made for each other! We wish you a wonderful wedding.

Finally the big day has arrived. We wish you to find in life what you have desired in your dreams. Best wishes from the heart!

Marriage is not a goal but a starting point towards new horizons of happiness to be shared. Congratulations.

Make your life an eternal honeymoon. Best wishes!

May the joy of today bind you to one another throughout your life. Congratulations!

We are very happy to attend this happy event, so awaited and which gives so much joy to all of us who are in some way involved.

Love and happiness make your path peaceful. A sincere wish.

Your love has led you to this wonderful choice… it will guide you throughout your life! Always make it alive as you have done so far. This is our most sincere wish.

In common life it is perhaps easy to become spouses, difficult but wonderful to become accomplices, friends, travel companions. The warmest wishes for joy and happiness!

Getting married is one of the most important decisions in life, and sometimes people doubt it's really worth it. But looking at you I can say that you have made the right choice. I wish you all the best!

Our hope is that, in many years, you will still be able to say: “It's still as good as the first day”.

Funny and ironic phrases to dedicate to the newlyweds

Everyone knows their friends and their character well. If you are very familiar with the spouses and you know that they might appreciate witty greetings, why not dedicate one of these ironic phrases to them? Nothing to do with classic and romantic congratulations: a little fun and humor it'll just be nice if your friends like to ease the tension too. You could combine them with some memories of the experiences lived together and the game will be done: you will tear a smile not only from the new husband and the new bride, but from all the rest of the guests! Moreover, just like the aformisms of the great authors, these quotes are also ideal on the occasion of an anniversary.

Marriage is the only war in which one sleeps with the enemy.
François de la Rochefoucault

Before you lived with your mom, now with your wife: I guess you don't like changes very much, since what was forbidden to you before will be forbidden even now. Congratulations.
Anonymous

All men basically love marriage, only those already married speak ill of it.
Nagib Mahfuz

I thought you weren't ready to go home, argue with your wife and above all deal with children, bills, work and more. You are really strong and this amazes me. Happy wedding from us.

All tragedies end in death, all comedies end in marriage.
George Gordon Byron

There is only one way to have a happy marriage, and as soon as I find out, I will remarry.
Clint Eastwood

Did you want the bicycle? Now you just have to pedal and the wedding is like a climb under the scorching sun: long, tiring and sometimes painful.
Best wishes for this special day of yours and remember to always have swollen tires day after day.
Anonymous

In any marriage that lasts longer than a week, there are many reasons for divorce. The trick is to find, and keep finding, reasons for marriage.
Robert Anderson

Marriage is a science, but no one studies it.
Sophie Arnould

Love is blind, but marriage restores sight.
Anonymous