Quotation by

George Bernard Shaw

Marriage is good enough for the lower classes: they have facilities for desertion that are denied to us.

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George Bernard Shaw suggests that marriage suits poorer people because they have easier ways to leave or escape it when things go wrong. In contrast, wealthier or higher-class individuals face stricter social or legal restrictions that make abandoning a marriage much harder.

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