

“Never marry at all, Dorian. Men marry because they are tired, women, because they are curious: both are disappointed.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray

“I don't know how to talk.
Oh! talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you, and at the end of your first season you will have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact.”
― A Woman of No Importance
Oh! talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you, and at the end of your first season you will have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact.”
― A Woman of No Importance

“You have killed my love. You used to stir my imagination. Now you don't even stir my curiosity. You simply produce no effect. I loved you because you were marvelous, because you had genius and intellect, because you realized the dreams of great poets and gave shape and substance to the shadows of art. You have thrown it all away. You are shallow and stupid.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray

“MRS ALLONBY I adore them. The clever people never listen, and the stupid people never talk.
HESTER I think the stupid people talk a great deal.
MRS ALLONBY Ah, I never listen!”
― A Woman of No Importance
HESTER I think the stupid people talk a great deal.
MRS ALLONBY Ah, I never listen!”
― A Woman of No Importance

“The one advantage of playing with fire, Lady Caroline, is that one never gets even singed. It is the people who don't know how to play with it who get burned up.”
― A Woman of No Importance
― A Woman of No Importance
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