The Importance of Being Earnest Quotes

“All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.”

― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

topic:womenmen

“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

topic:womenmarriagevirtue

“no woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating...”

― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

topic:womenage

“I'll bet you anything you like that half an hour after they have met, they will be calling each other sister.”

― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

topic:womenfriendship

“I hate people who are not serious about meals. It is so shallow of them.”

― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

topic:wisdomfood

“I never change, except in my affections.”

― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

topic:change

“If I am occasionally a little over-dressed, I make up for it by being always immensely over-educated.”

― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

topic:education

“Never speak disrespectfully of Society, Algernon. Only people who can't get into it do that.”

― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

topic:society

“It is awfully hard work doing nothing. However, I don't mind hard work where there is no definite object of any kind.”

― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

topic:work

“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.”

― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

topic:reading