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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
women
men
mothers
#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 Bracknell
Algernon
concept
society
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