“ Yes; men’s good temper shows they are not so sensitive as we are, not so finely strung. It makes a great barrier often between husband and wife, does it not? ”
Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance (1893). copy citation
| Author | Oscar Wilde |
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| Source | A Woman of No Importance |
| Topic | temper husband |
| Date | 1893 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | https://www.gutenberg.org/files/854/854-h/854-h.htm |
Context
“That is one of the reasons he always gets on my nerves. Nothing is so aggravating as calmness. There is something positively brutal about the good temper of most modern men. I wonder we women stand it as well as we do.
Lady Stutfield. Yes; men’s good temper shows they are not so sensitive as we are, not so finely strung. It makes a great barrier often between husband and wife, does it not? But I would so much like to know what was the wrong thing Mr. Allonby did.
Mrs. Allonby. Well, I will tell you, if you solemnly promise to tell everybody else.
Lady Stutfield. Thank you, thank you. I will make a point of repeating it.
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Lady Stutfield. Yes; men’s good temper shows they are not so sensitive as we are, not so finely strung. It makes a great barrier often between husband and wife, does it not? But I would so much like to know what was the wrong thing Mr. Allonby did.
Mrs. Allonby. Well, I will tell you, if you solemnly promise to tell everybody else.
Lady Stutfield. Thank you, thank you. I will make a point of repeating it.
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