The Importance of Being Earnest


Algernon. All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No  man does. That’s his.  Jack



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Algernon.
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No 
man does. That’s his. 
Jack.
Is that clever? 
Algernon.
It is perfectly phrased! and quite as true as any observation in 
civilised life should be. 
Jack.
I am sick to death of cleverness. Everybody is clever nowadays. You 
can’t go anywhere without meeting clever people. The thing has become an 
absolute public nuisance. I wish to goodness we had a few fools left. 
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We have. 
Jack.
I should extremely like to meet them. What do they talk about? 
Algernon.
The fools? Oh! about the clever people, of course. 
Jack.
What fools! 
Algernon.
By the way, did you tell Gwendolen the truth about your being 
Ernest in town, and Jack in the country? 
Jack.
[In a very patronising manner.] My dear fellow, the truth isn’t quite 
the sort of thing one tells to a nice, sweet, refined girl. What extraordinary 
ideas you have about the way to behave to a woman! 
Algernon.
The only way to behave to a woman is to make love to her, if she 
is pretty, and to some one else, if she is plain. 
Jack.
Oh, that is nonsense. 
Algernon.
What about your brother? What about the profligate Ernest? 
Jack.
Oh, before the end of the week I shall have got rid of him. I’ll say he 
died in Paris of apoplexy. Lots of people die of apoplexy, quite suddenly, 
don’t they? 
Algernon.
Yes, but it’s hereditary, my dear fellow. It’s a sort of thing that 
runs in families. You had much better say a severe chill. 
Jack.
You are sure a severe chill isn’t hereditary, or anything of that kind? 
Algernon.
Of course it isn’t! 

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