Men marry for fortune, and sometimes to please their fancy;...

Men marry for fortune, and sometimes to please their fancy; but, much oftener than is suspected, they consider what the world will say of it--how such a woman in their friends' eyes will look at the head of a table. Hence we see so many insipid beauties made wives of, that could not have struck the particular fancy of any man that had any fancy at all.

Charles Lamb Quote About Eye, Men, Wife: Men Marry For Fortune And...

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