quotes for wilde

Question 1

Mrs Cheveley

Answer 1

‘Romance should never begin with sentiment, it should begin with science’

‘(A work of art, on the surface, but showing the influence of two many schools)’

‘Even you are not rich enough, Sir Robert to buy back your past’

Question 2

Lady Chiltern

Answer 2

‘You have never let the world soil you’

‘I will love you always because you will always be worthy of love’

‘One’s past is what one is, it is the only way by which people should be judged’

Question 3

Robert Chiltern

Answer 3

‘The folly, the sin of one’s youth’

‘Why do you place us on monstrous pedestals’

‘[Deeply overcome by emotions and embraces her]’

Question 4

Lord Goring

Answer 4

‘The only possible society is oneself’

‘A mans life is of more value than a woman’s

‘But I am fearfully extravagant’

Question 5

Mabel Chiltern

Answer 5

‘An ideal husband! Oh I am not sure I should like that’

‘But Arthur so am I’ (When responding to his extravagance)

‘Pray be as trivial as you can’