The Importance of Being Earnest and Four Other Plays Quotes

“Actions are the first tragedy in life, words are the second. Words are perhaps the worst. Words are merciless. . .”
― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan / A Woman of No Importance / An Ideal Husband / The Importance of Being Earnest / Salomé

“To shut one's eyes to half of life that one may live securely is as though one blinded oneself that one might walk with more safety in a land of pit and precipice.”
― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan / A Woman of No Importance / An Ideal Husband / The Importance of Being Earnest / Salomé

“In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity is the vital thing.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest and Four Other Plays

“You see, if one plays good music, people don't listen, and if one plays bad music people don't talk.”
― Oscar Wilde, Plays: The Importance of Being Earnest/An Ideal Husband/Lady Windermere's Fan/A Woman of No Importance/Salome