8 Oscar Wilde Quotes on Marriage

Oscar Wilde quotes on marriage

61. The one charm of marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.

77. Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious: both are disappointed.

95. When a woman marries again, it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again, it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck; men risk theirs.

150. An engagement should come on a young girl as a surprise, pleasant or unpleasant as the case may be.

154. In married life, three is company, and two is none.

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

171. To speak frankly, I am not in favour of long engagements. They give people the opportunity of finding out each other's character before marriage, which I think is never advisable.

191. My dear father, if we men married the women we deserved, we should have a very bad time of it.