“ The history of women is the history of the worst form of tyranny the world has ever known. ”
Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance (1893). copy citation
| Author | Oscar Wilde |
|---|---|
| Source | A Woman of No Importance |
| Topic | tyranny history |
| Date | 1893 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | https://www.gutenberg.org/files/854/854-h/854-h.htm |
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“But, to the philosopher, my dear Gerald, women represent the triumph of matter over mind—just as men represent the triumph of mind over morals.
Gerald. How then can women have so much power as you say they have?
Lord Illingworth. 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.
Gerald. But haven’t women got a refining influence?
Lord Illingworth. Nothing refines but the intellect.
Gerald. Still, there are many different kinds of women, aren’t there?”
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