Quotes by Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

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I really don't see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic abou — Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train. — Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity, is the vital thing. — Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
Oh! it is absurd to have a hard-and-fast rule about what one should read and what one shouldn't. More than half of moder — Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
I have never met any really wicked person before. I feel rather frightened. I am so afraid he will look just like every — Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
The only way to behave to a woman is to make love to her if she is pretty, and to someone else if she is plain. — Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
The truth is rarely pure and never simple. — Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no ef — Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
LADY BRACKNELLTo speak frankly, I am not in favour of long engagements. They give people the opportunity of finding out — Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
I am sick to death of cleverness. Everybody is clever nowadays. — Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
Well I won't argue about the matter. You always want to argue about things.That is exactly what things were originally m — Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
Lady Bracknell, I hate to seem inquisitive, but would you kindly inform me who I am? — Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
Indeed, no woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating. — Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
Well, in the first place girls never marry the men they flirt with. Girls don't think it right. — Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
LADY BRACKNELLThirty-five is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very highest birth who have, — Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
Even men of the noblest possible moral character are extremely susceptible to the influence of the physical charms of ot — Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
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 w — Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
Why is it that at a bachelor's establishment the servants invariably drink the champagne? I ask merely for information.I — Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
If one plays good music, people don't listen, and if one plays bad music people don't talk. — Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
Did you hear what I was playing, Lane?I didn't think it polite to listen, sir. — Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest