JACKThat is nonsense. If I marry a charming girl like Gwendolen, and she is the only girl I ever saw in my life that I would marry, I certainly won't want to know Bunbury.ALGERNONThen your wife will. You don't seem to realize, that in married life three is company and two is none. J A C K That, my dear young friend, is the theory that the corrupt French Drama has been propounding for the last fifty years. A L G E R N O N Yes; and that the happy English home has proved in half the time.Oscar Wilde
About This Quote
In the play "The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde, Algernon says to Jack, "Then your wife will. You don't seem to realize, that in married life three is company and two is none." This quote simply means that when there are more than two people in the relationship, the relationships becomes lonelier. A happy relationship can only thrive when there is only two people involved in it.
Source: The Importance Of Being Earnest
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