“Lord Illingworth: Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.”
Act II
A Woman of No Importance (1893)
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A Woman of No Importance
A Woman of No Importance is a play by Irish playwright Oscar Wilde. The play premièred on 19 April 1893 at London's Haymarket Theatre. Like Wilde's other society plays, it satirizes English upper-class society. It has been performed on stages in Europe and North America since his death in 1900.
“Moderation is a fatal thing, Lady Hunstanton. Nothing succeeds like excess.”
Lord Illingworth, Act III
A Woman of No Importance (1893)
“After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations.”
Source: A Woman of No Importance
“Every woman is a rebel, and usually in wild revolt against herself.”
Source: A Woman of No Importance
