You don’t seem to realise, that in married life three is company and two is none.
Oscar Wilde · The Importance of Being Earnest
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“You don’t seem to realise, that in married life three is…”
- Author
- Oscar Wilde
- Work
- The Importance of Being Earnest
- Year
- 1895
- Length
- 16 words
- Source
- Project Gutenberg eBook #844
Public domain. This passage is in the public domain. Oscar Wilde died in 1900, more than 70 years ago, and the work was first published in 1895. You can copy, print, read aloud or sell it without asking permission; a credit is kind but not required. The text is copied word for word from the Project Gutenberg edition linked here.
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