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Algernon Quotes

Five of the best book quotes from Algernon

#1
“If I am occasionally a little over-dressed, I make up for it by being always immensely over-educated.”

author
Oscar Wilde
book
The Importance of Being Earnest
character
Algernon
concept
education
#2
“All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That is his.”

author
Oscar Wilde
book
The Importance of Being Earnest
character
Algernon
concepts
womenmenmothers
#3
“The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature a complete impossibility!”

author
Oscar Wilde
book
The Importance of Being Earnest
character
Algernon
concept
truth
#4
“The very essence of romance is uncertainty.”

author
Oscar Wilde
book
The Importance of Being Earnest
character
Algernon
concept
love
#5
“Never speak disrespectfully of Society, Algernon. Only people who can’t get into it do that.”

author
Oscar Wilde
book
The Importance of Being Earnest
characters
Lady BracknellAlgernon
concept
society

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