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Algernon Quotes

Five of the best book quotes from Algernon
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“If I am occasionally a little over-dressed, I make up for it by being always immensely over-educated.”
Oscar Wilde
author
The Importance of Being Earnest
book
Algernon
character
education
concept
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“All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That is his.”
Oscar Wilde
author
The Importance of Being Earnest
book
Algernon
character
mothers
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men
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women
concepts
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“The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature a complete impossibility!”
Oscar Wilde
author
The Importance of Being Earnest
book
Algernon
character
truth
concept
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“The very essence of romance is uncertainty.”
Oscar Wilde
author
The Importance of Being Earnest
book
Algernon
character
love
concept
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“Never speak disrespectfully of Society, Algernon. Only people who can’t get into it do that.”
Oscar Wilde
author
The Importance of Being Earnest
book
Algernon
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Lady Bracknell
characters
society
concept

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