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Men marry because they are tired; women because they are curious. Both are disappointed.

— Oscar Wilde A Woman of No Importance (1893)

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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

Lady Windermere's Fan (1892)

The English country gentleman galloping after a fox — the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable.

A Woman of No Importance (1893)

A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. [Answering the question, what is a cynic?]

Lady Windermere's Fan (1892)

I have always been of opinion that a man who desires to get married should know either everything or nothing.

The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)

We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language.

The Canterville Ghost (1887)

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The confusion of marriage with morality has done more to destroy the conscience of the human race than any other single error.

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The best way to worship God is to love your wife.

Victor Hugo Les Misérables (1862)

Be thou the rainbow to the storms of life,
The evening beam that smiles the clouds away,
And tints to-morrow with prophetic ray!

Lord Byron The Bride of Abydos (1813)

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