HELEN: You're about the most conceited man I ever knew.
ERNEST: How can I help it, when you admire me so? .... Frontispiece

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ALL: Then why, why do you want a divorce?
JUDGE: Because, damn it, I don't like her .... 30

JUDGE: You poor little pessimists! Human nature to-day is better than it ever was, but our most important institution is worse—the most sacred relationship in life has become a jest in the market-place .... 204

JUDGE: We thought we believed in trial marriage. Nothing of the sort—trial separation! What marriage put asunder divorce has joined together .... 230