Quotation from: The Picture of Dorian Gray

Written by: Oscar Wilde


"You will never marry again, Lady Narborough," broke in Lord Henry.
"You were far too happy. When a woman marries again, it is
because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again,
it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck;
men risk theirs."


"Narborough wasn't perfect," cried the old lady.


"If he had been, you would not have loved him, my dear lady,"
was the rejoinder. "Women love us for our defects.
If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything,
even our intellects. You will never ask me to dinner again
after saying this, I am afraid, Lady Narborough, but it is
quite true."

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