“Never marry at all, Dorian. Men marry because they are tired, women, because they are curious: both are disappointed.”

Lord Illingworth, Act III.
A Woman of No Importance (1893)
Variant: Men marry because they are tired; women because they are curious. Both are disappointed.
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray

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Irish writer and poet 1854–1900

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