A Woman of No Importance

The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life.

Women are pictures. Men are problems. If you want to know what a woman really means - which, by the way, is always a dangerous thing to do - look at her, don't listen to her.

All thought is immoral. Its very essence is destruction. If you think of anything, you kill it. Nothing survives being thought of

Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they judge them. Rarely if ever do they forgive them

When one is in love one begins by deceiving oneself. And one ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

GERALD. But haven't women got a refining influence?

LORD ILLINGWORTH. Nothing refines but the intellect.

Women are pictures. Men are problems. If you want to know what a woman really means - which, by the way, is always a dangerous thing to do - look at her, don't listen to her.

Men marry because they are tired; women because they are curious. Both are disappointed.

MRS. ALLONBY. I have still the mask.

LORD ILLINGWORTH. It makes your eyes lovelier.

LORD ILLINGWORTH. The world is simply divided into two classes - those who believe the incredible, like the public - and those who do the improbable -
MRS. ALLONBY. Like yourself?
LORD ILLINGWORTH. Yes; I am always astonishing myself. It is the only thing that makes life worth living.