“Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.”
Mae West (1893–1980) American actress and sex symbol
#149 in The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said (2006) by Robert Byrne
“Marriage is fine as an institution, but bad as a habit”
Interview in Motion Picture (October 1921) "Six Interviews with Buster Keaton" http://www.silentera.com/taylorology/issues/Taylor68.txt
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