A Woman of No Importance: Quotes

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• "the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable."

  Lord Illingworth · Act I

• "One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything except a good reputation."

  Lord Illingworth · Act I

• "Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they judge them. Rarely, if ever, do they forgive them."

  Lord Illingworth · Act II

• "The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future."

  Lord Illingworth · Act III

• "Moderation is a fatal thing, Lady Hunstanton. Nothing succeeds like excess."

  Lord Illingworth · Act III

• "Oh! no one. No one in particular. A man of no importance."

  Mrs Arbuthnot · Act IV

• "The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life."

  Lord Illingworth · Act I