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Man and Woman
The Book of Life begins with a man and a woman in a garden…It
ends with Revelations.
(A Woman of No Importance)
Men/Women
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy.
No man does. That's his.
(The Importance of Being Earnest)
Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as
men represent the triumph of mind over morals.
(The Portrait of Dorian Gray)
Women have a much better time than men in this world. There
are far more things forbidden to them.
Mind
What is mind but motion in the intellectual sphere?
(Intentions)
Misunderstood
I live in terror of not being misunderstood.
Money
When I was young I used to think that money was the most
important thing in life. Now that I am old, I know it is.
Music
Please do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.
(Impressions of America)
Oneself
and Other People
Other people are quite dreadful. The only possible society
is oneself.
(An Ideal Husband)
I am the only person in the world I should like to know
thoroughly.
(Lady Windermere's Fan)
Parents
and Children
Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they
judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.
(A Woman of No Importance)
Paying
Bills
It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to
live in the memory of the commercial classes.
Peerage
You should study the Peerage…It is the best thing in
fiction the English have ever done.
(A Woman of No Importance)
Perfection
The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection
is youth.
(Chameleon)
Poverty
Like dear St Francis of Assisi I am wedded to Poverty: but
in my case the marriage is not a success.
(Letter)
As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them, of course,
but one cannot possibly admire them.
(The Soul of Man under Socialism)
Press
In the old days men had the rack. Now they have the Press.
(Fortnightly Review)
Oscar
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