
“When the Gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.”
Source: An Ideal Husband
“When the Gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.”
Source: An Ideal Husband
Lord Darlington, Act II
Lady Windermere's Fan (1892)
“A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her.”
Variant: A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
“It takes great deal of courage to see the world in all its tainted glory, and still to love it.”
Variant: It takes great courage to see the world in all its tainted glory, and still to love it. And even more courage to see it in the one you love
Source: An Ideal Husband
Variant: There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.
“Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike.”
Source: An Ideal Husband
“It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.”
Lord Darlington, Act I
Source: Lady Windermere's Fan (1892)