Algernon Quotes

“The very essence of romance is uncertainty.”

“The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature a complete impossibility!”

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

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

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