《A Woman of No Importance》经典语录

to the philosopher, my dear Gerald, women represent the triumph of matter over mind - just as men represent the triumph of mind over morals.

— 王尔德 《A Woman of No Importance》

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That is his.

— 王尔德 《A Woman of No Importance》

Youth has a kingdom waiting for it. Every one is born a king, and most people die in exile, like most kings.

— 王尔德 《A Woman of No Importance》

The history of women is the history of the worst form of tyranny the world has ever known. The tyranny of the weak over the strong. It is the only tyranny that lasts.

— 王尔德 《A Woman of No Importance》

They say that when good Americans die they go to Paris. Indeed? And when bad Americans die, where do they go to? Oh, they go to America.

— 王尔德 《A Woman of No Importance》

One should never take sides in anything. Taking sides is the beginning of sincerity, and earnestness follows shortly afterwards, and the human being becomes a bore.

— 王尔德 《A Woman of No Importance》

When one is in love one begins by deceiving oneself. And one ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance. But a really GRANDE PASSION is comparatively rare nowadays. It is the privilege of people who have nothing to do. That is the one use of the idle classes in a country.

— 王尔德 《A Woman of No Importance》

Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We women have a more subtle instinct about things. What we like is to be a man's last romance.

— 王尔德 《A Woman of No Importance》

The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.

— 《A Woman of No Importance》

To get into the best society, nowadays, one has either to feed people, amuse people, or shock people - that is all!

— 《A Woman of No Importance》