the importance of being earnest Flashcards
“Nor do I in any way _______ of the modern ________ for ________. I consider it ______.”
“Nor do I in any way approve of the modern sympathy for invalids. I consider it morbid.”
- lady bracknell
- act 1
“_________ is like a ________ ______ fruit : touch it and the _____ is gone.”
“Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit : touch it and the bloom is gone.”
- lady bracknell
- act 1
“Do you _____?”
“Do you smoke?”
- lady bracknell
- act 1
“My ______, you seem to be __________ signs of __________.”
“My nephew, you seem to be displaying signs of triviality.”
- lady bracknell
- act 3
“ We live, I ______ to say, in an ___ of ________”.
“ We live, I regret to say, in an age of surfaces”.
- lady bracknell
- act 3
“ I am not in favour of long ___________. They give people the ___________ of finding out each others ________ before ________”
“ I am not in favour of long engagements. They give people the opportunity of finding out each others character before marriage”
- lady bracknell
- act 3
“In ____, I am _____ _____”
“In fact, I am never wrong”
- gwendolen
- act 1
“The only really ___ name is ______”
“The only really safe name is Ernest”
- gwendolen
- act 1
“My first __________ of people are never _____”
“My first impressions of people are never wrong”
- gwendolen
- act 2
“ You will ____ me ______ will you not?”
“ You will call me sister will you not?”
- gwendolen
- act 2
“I never ______, except in my __________.”
“I never change, except in my affections.”
- gwendolen
- act 3
“ In matters of _____ importance, _____, not _________, is the _____ thing”.
“ In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity, is the vital thing”.
- gwendolen
- act 3
“ If you are not too ____, I will ____ here for you all my ____”
“ If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life”
- gwendolen
- act 3
“ I don’t think I could ____ to catch a ________ man. I shouldn’t know what to t____to him about.”
“ I don’t think I could care to catch a sensible man. I shouldn’t know what to talk to him, about.”
- cecily
- act 2
“What an _________ boy he is! I like his ____ so much”
“What an impetuous boy he is! I like his hair so much”
- cecily
- act 2
