Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) was an Irish writer, poet, playwright, and an artist of epigrams (short poetic composition expressing a single satirical thought in a witty way).
Oscar Wilde
He happened to live in the Victorian Era (Queen Victoria I of the United Kingdom) whose society was governed by Puritan principles:discreet and orderly life, economic austerity, religious Methodism and political conservatism. Quite the opposite of the good old Oscar Wilde:revolutionary, anti-establishment, subversive and homosexual. Although he married Constance Lloyd, and had two children, he had an affair, which landed him in jail and his descent into hell, with Lord Alfred Douglas. Oscar Wilde's view of marriage can be summed up in this series of thoughts:
“Men marry out of fatigue and women out of curiosity. The only thing they agree on is that, after the years, both become disillusioned»
“There is nothing like the love of a married woman. It's a thing no husband has the slightest idea about."
«The only way a man should behave with her woman is:making love with her, if she is pretty, or with someone else, if she is ugly»
"Ugly women are jealous of their husbands. The pretty ones don't have time, they are always so busy being jealous of other people's husbands...!»
«When a man marries for the second time, it is because he adored his first wife»
"Rich bachelors should pay more taxes. It is not fair that some are happier than others»
«This game of marriage is curious. The woman always has the best cards and she always loses the game »
"A marriage of convenience is called a marriage of people who do not agree at all"
Source:Proverb
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