The Importance of Being Earnest Quotes Flashcards
“I have only been _______ ____… in __________ of a ________________ between myself and a _____ person.”
“I have only been married once…in consequence of a misunderstanding between myself and a young person.” - Lane
“Really, if the _____ ______ don’t set us a ____ _______, what on _____ is the ___ of them.”
“Really, if the lower orders don’t set us a good example, what on earth is the use of them.” - Algernon.
“The _____ is ______ ____ and _____ ______”
“The truth is rarely pure and never simple” - Algernon
“_______ one’s _____ _____ in public”
“washing one’s clean linen in public” - Algernon
“A ___ who _______ without _______ _______ has a very _______ time of it.”
“A man who marries without knowing Bunbury has a very tedious time of it.’ - Algernon
“I am ____ to _____ of __________. I wish to ________ we had a few _____ left.”
“I am sick to death of cleverness. I wish to goodness we had a few fools left.” - Jack
“_________ produces no ______ whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a _______ ______ to the _____ _______.”
“Education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes.” - Lady Bracknell
“________… what else should _____ one ________?”
“Pleasure…what else should bring one anywhere?” - Jack
“I ____ you have not been _______ a ______ ____, __________ to be ______ and being ______ ____ all the time. That would be _________.”
“I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being really good all the time. That would be hypocrisy.” - Cecily
“The ____ _____ to me to be the ______ ______ for the ___”
“The home seems to me to be the proper sphere for the man” - Gwendolen
“This is no time for _______ the _______ mask of _______”
“This is no time for wearing the shallow mask of manners” - Cecily
“A _____ _________ has been _________ on both of us”
“A gross deception has been practised on both of us” - Cecily to Gwendolen
“In _______ of _____ __________, _____, not _________ is the _____ thing.”
“In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity is the vital thing.” - Gwendolen
“When I _______ ____ Bracknell I had no _______ of ___ ____.”
“When I married Lord Bracknell I had no fortune of any kind.” -Lady Bracknell
“I do not _______ to _________ him”
“”I do not propose to undeceive him” Lady Bracknell to Lord Bracknell
