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Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.

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More quotes by Mae West

When you got the personality, you don't need the nudity.

You ought to get out of those wet clothes and into a dry martini.

Every Day's a Holiday (1937)

It's not the men in your life that count, it's the life in your men.

I'm No Angel (1933)

Give a man a free hand and he'll run it all over you.

I only like two kinds of men, domestic and foreign.

I'm No Angel (1933)

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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.

George Bernard Shaw Man and Superman (1903)

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

Oscar Wilde A Woman of No Importance (1893)

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.

Samuel Johnson

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

Victor Hugo Les Misérables (1862)

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