“ You always find out that one’s most glaring fault is one’s most important virtue. You have the most comforting views of life. ”
Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance (1893). copy citation
| Author | Oscar Wilde |
|---|---|
| Source | A Woman of No Importance |
| Topic | virtue life |
| Date | 1893 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | https://www.gutenberg.org/files/854/854-h/854-h.htm |
Context
“No woman should have a memory. Memory in a woman is the beginning of dowdiness. One can always tell from a woman’s bonnet whether she has got a memory or not.
Lady Hunstanton. How charming you are, dear Lord Illingworth. You always find out that one’s most glaring fault is one’s most important virtue. You have the most comforting views of life.
[Enter Farquhar.]
Farquhar. Doctor Daubeny’s carriage!
Lady Hunstanton. My dear Archdeacon! It is only half-past ten.
The Archdeacon. [Rising.] I am afraid I must go, Lady Hunstanton. Tuesday is always one of Mrs.”
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