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Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious: both are disappointed. — Oscar Wilde

Novel · Magazine

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

Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray · 1890
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MarriageGender relationsMen and women
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NovelMagazine
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1890
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Oscar Wilde
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Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray, edited by Robert Mighall. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 4.
Original citation
Wilde, Oscar. "The Picture of Dorian Gray." Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. Philadelphia, July 1890, ch. 3.

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