--- title: "22 Married Quotes By Oscar Wilde" description: "22 Married quotes by Oscar Wilde. Plus more from Oscar Wilde and more Married sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9e/oscar-wilde-16_business_in-married-life-three-is-company-and-two_1253580.jpg" --- > [In married life three is company and two none.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/in-married-life-three-is-company-and-two-none/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9e/oscar-wilde-16_business_in-married-life-three-is-company-and-two_1253580.jpg) > [The happiness of a married man depends on the people he has not married.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-happiness-of-a-married-man-depends-on-the-people-he-has-not/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afc/oscar-wilde-16_happiness_the-happiness-of-a-married-man-depends-o_540384.jpg) > [Nowadays, all the married men live like bachelors, and all the bachelors like married men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/nowadays-all-the-married-men-live-like-bachelors-and-all-the/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fa/oscar-wilde-16_bachelors_nowadays-all-the-married-men-live-like-b_2150887.jpg) > [The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happy married life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-world-has-grown-suspicious-of-anything-that-looks-like-a-happy/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff2/oscar-wilde-16_anniversary_the-world-has-grown-suspicious-of-anythi_1657721.jpg) > [“You don't seem to realise, that in married life three is company and two is none.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/you-don-t-seem-to-realise-that-in-married-life-three-is-company-and/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdc/oscar-wilde-16_business_you-don-t-seem-to-realise-that-in-marrie_2716413.jpg) > [Dammit Sir, it's your duty to get married. You can't always be living for pleasure!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/dammit-sir-it-s-your-duty-to-get-married-you-can-t-always-be-living/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24d/oscar-wilde-16_duty_dammit-sir-it-s-your-duty-to-get-married_617483.jpg) > [If we men married the women we deserved, we should have a very bad time of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/if-we-men-married-the-women-we-deserved-we-should-have-a-very-bad/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/904/oscar-wilde-16_bad-time_if-we-men-married-the-women-we-deserved_3033623.jpg) > [“No married man is ever attractive except to his wife.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/no-married-man-is-ever-attractive-except-to-his-wife/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2c/oscar-wilde-16_attractiveness_no-married-man-is-ever-attractive-except_517018.jpg) > [Married men are horribly tedious when they are good husbands, and abominably conceited when they are not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/married-men-are-horribly-tedious-when-they-are-good-husbands-and/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efc/oscar-wilde-16_conceited_married-men-are-horribly-tedious-when-th_2129734.jpg) > [Then there was a man who said, 'I never knew what real happiness was until I got married; by then it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/then-there-was-a-man-who-said-i-never-knew-what-real-happiness-was/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15f/oscar-wilde-16_anniversary_then-there-was-a-man-who-said-i-never-kn_2814320.jpg) > [There is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It is a thing no married man knows anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/there-is-nothing-in-the-world-like-the-devotion-of-a-married-woman-it/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e08/oscar-wilde-16_devotion_there-is-nothing-in-the-world-like-the-d_2488545.jpg) > [I have always been of opinion that a man who desires to get married should know either everything or nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-have-always-been-of-opinion-that-a-man-who-desires-to-get-married/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c66/oscar-wilde-16_desire_i-have-always-been-of-opinion-that-a-man_116651.jpg) > [The proper basis for marriage is mutual misunderstanding. The happiness of a married man depends on the people he has not married.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-proper-basis-for-marriage-is-mutual-misunderstanding-the/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7de/oscar-wilde-16_age_the-proper-basis-for-marriage-is-mutual_3080930.jpg) > [Miss Prism: ... And you do not seem to reealize, dear Doctor, that by persistently remaining single, a man coverts himself into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/miss-prism-and-you-do-not-seem-to-reealize-dear-doctor-that-by/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be0/oscar-wilde-16_attractive_miss-prism-and-you-do-not-seem-to-reeali_2829362.jpg) > [I really don't see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-really-don-t-see-anything-romantic-in-proposing-it-is-very-romantic/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/372/oscar-wilde-16_accepted_i-really-don-t-see-anything-romantic-in_2353353.jpg) > [ Every American bride is taken there \[Niagara Falls\], and the sight of the stupendous waterfall must be one of the earliest, if… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/every-american-bride-is-taken-there-niagara-falls-and-the-sight-of/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98b/oscar-wilde-16_brides_every-american-bride-is-taken-there-niag_2650064.jpg) > [I was disappointed in Niagara - most people must be disappointed in Niagara. Every American bride is taken there, and the sight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-was-disappointed-in-niagara-most-people-must-be-disappointed-in/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/227/oscar-wilde-16_brides_i-was-disappointed-in-niagara-most-peopl_3110792.jpg) > [Really, this horrid House of Commons quite ruins our husbands for us. I think the Lower House by far the greatest blow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/really-this-horrid-house-of-commons-quite-ruins-our-husbands-for-us-i/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbc/oscar-wilde-16_blow_really-this-horrid-house-of-commons-quit_1737857.jpg) > [Jack? . . . No, there is very little music in the name Jack, if any at all, indeed. It does not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/jack-no-there-is-very-little-music-in-the-name-jack-if-any-at-all/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89b/oscar-wilde-16_doe_jack-no-there-is-very-little-music-in-th_3157598.jpg) > [Why is it that at a bachelor's establishment the servants invariably drink the champagne? I ask merely for information. I attribute it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/why-is-it-that-at-a-bachelor-s-establishment-the-servants-invariably-2/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21a/oscar-wilde-16_attributes_why-is-it-that-at-a-bachelor-s-establish_293693.jpg) > [Miss Prism: And you do not seem to realize, dear Doctor, that by persistently remaining single, a man converts himself into a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/miss-prism-and-you-do-not-seem-to-realize-dear-doctor-that-by/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20b/oscar-wilde-16_attractive_miss-prism-and-you-do-not-seem-to-realiz_2709837.jpg) > [JACK That is nonsense. If I marry a charming girl like Gwendolen, and she is the only girl I ever saw in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/jack-that-is-nonsense-if-i-marry-a-charming-girl-like-gwendolen-and/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d37/oscar-wilde-16_charming_jack-that-is-nonsense-if-i-marry-a-charm_1143845.jpg) ## Other authors on Married ## More by Oscar Wilde > [How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/how-else-but-through-a-broken-heart-may-lord-christ-enter-in/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-books-that-the-world-calls-immoral-are-the-books-that-show-the/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/bachelors-should-be-heavily-taxed-it-is-not-fair-that-some-men-should/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Who, being loved, is poor?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/who-being-loved-is-poor/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [“Basil my dear boy puts everything that is charming in him into his work. The consequence is that he has nothing left for life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/basil-my-dear-boy-puts-everything-that-is-charming-in-him-into-his/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Anybody can be good in the country](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/anybody-can-be-good-in-the-country/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-don-t-at-all-like-knowing-what-people-say-of-me-behind-my-back-it/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [“Alles Populäre ist falsch.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/alles-popul-re-ist-falsch/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [“If these elements of beauty are real, the whole thing simply appeals to our sense of dramatic effect. Suddenly we find that we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/if-these-elements-of-beauty-are-real-the-whole-thing-simply-appeals/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/to-love-one-s-self-is-the-beginning-of-a-life-long-romance/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [“Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/those-who-find-beautiful-meanings-in-beautiful-things-are-the/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Men always want to be a womans first love. Women have a more subtle instinct: What they like is to be a mans last…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/men-always-want-to-be-a-womans-first-love-women-have-a-more-subtle/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Why is it that at a bachelor's establishment the servants invariably drink the champagne.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/why-is-it-that-at-a-bachelor-s-establishment-the-servants-invariably/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Moderation is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as a meal. More than enough is as good as a feast.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/moderation-is-a-fatal-thing-enough-is-as-bad-as-a-meal-more-than/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/beauty-is-the-only-thing-that-time-cannot-harm-philosophies-fall-away/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/married/oscar-wilde/#itemlist", "name": "22 Married Quotes By Oscar Wilde", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In married life three is company and two none.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/in-married-life-three-is-company-and-two-none/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9e/oscar-wilde-16_business_in-married-life-three-is-company-and-two_1253580.jpg", "contentUrl": 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