Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she's a householder. - Quotes, Quotations & Sayings by Thornton Wilder

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Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she's a householder.

topics: Marriage keywords: bribe, housekeeper, make, marriage, she , think

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Thornton Wilder

Date of birth: 1897-04-17

Date of death: 1975-12-07

Quotes number: 37

Nationality: American

Profession: Novelist

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