“ I don’t know that women are always rewarded for being charming. ”
Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband (1895). copy citation
| Author | Oscar Wilde |
|---|---|
| Source | An Ideal Husband |
| Topic | reward women |
| Date | 1895 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/885/885-h/885-h.htm |
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“Cheveley?
mrs. cheveley. My prizes came a little later on in life. I don’t think any of them were for good conduct. I forget!
sir robert chiltern. I am sure they were for something charming!
mrs. cheveley. I don’t know that women are always rewarded for being charming. I think they are usually punished for it! Certainly, more women grow old nowadays through the faithfulness of their admirers than through anything else! At least that is the only way I can account for the terribly haggard look of most of your pretty women in London!”
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