The Importance Of Being Earnest Quotes Flashcards

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“Really, if the _____ ______ don’t ___ __ a ____ _______, ____ on _____ is the ___ of ____”

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“Really, if the lower orders don’t set us a good example, what on earth is the use of them”

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“The _____ is ______ ____ and _____ ______”

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“The truth is rarely pure and never simple”

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“A ___ who _______ without _______ _______ has a very _______ ____ of it.”

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“A man who marries without knowing Bunbury has a very tedious time of it.”

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“You can ______ _______ that I and Lord Bracknell would _____ of ________ ___ ____ ________ […] to _____ into a _________, and ____ an ________ with a ______?”

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“You can hardly imagine that I and Lord Bracknell would dream of allowing our only daughter - a girl brought up with the utmost care - to marry into a cloakroom, and form an alliance with a parcel?”

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Lady Bracknell [ ______ out in ________ ___________ ]

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Lady Bracknell [sweeps out in majestic indignation]

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“The ___-_________ _______ for the _____ is ____ _____ out.”

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“The old-fashioned respect for the young is fast dying out.”

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“When ___ is in ____ ___ ______ _______. When ___ is in the _______ one ______ other ______. It is ___________ ______.”

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“When one is in town one amuses oneself. When one is in the country one amuses other people. It is excessively boring.”

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“My _____ has ______ been to ____ _______ of the ____ of ______.”

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“My ideal has always been to love someone of the name of Ernest.”

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9
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“___ I _______ to you now?”

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“May I propose to you now?”

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10
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“________ are ____ in ______”

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“Divorces are made in heaven”

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“Oh that is ________ Algy, you _____ ____ ________ but ________”

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“Oh that is nonsense Algy, you never talk anything but nonsense”

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“Alas! no. The __________ _____________ was _________.”

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“Alas! no. The manuscript unfortunately was abandoned.”

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“My ______…can be _______ for almost any ________”

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“My sermon…can be adapted for almost any occasion”

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“I ____ you have not been _______ _ ______ ____, __________ to be ______ and being ______ ____ ___ the ____. That would be _________.”

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“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.”

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“The ____ seems to __ to __ the ______ ______ for the ___”

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“The home seems to me to be the proper sphere for the man”

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16
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“This is __ ____ for _______ the _______ ____ of manners”

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“This is no time for wearing the shallow mask of manners”

17
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“A _____ _________ has been _________ on ____ of us”

A

“A gross deception has been practised on both of us”

18
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“You ____ call me ______, ____ you ___?”

A

“You will call me sister, will you not?”

19
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“From the ______ I saw you I __________ ___. I ____ that you were _____ and _________”

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“From the moment I saw you I distrusted you. I felt that you were false and deceitful”

20
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“____ is ______ seen at the ____ ______ ________”

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“Cake is rarely seen at the best houses nowadays”

21
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“In _______ of _____ __________, _____, not _________ is the _____ thing.”

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“In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity is the vital thing.”

22
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“We ____…in an ___ of ________”

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“We live…in an age of surfaces”

23
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“He ___ _______, but he _____ __________. What ____ can one ______?”

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“He has nothing, but he looks everything. What more can one desire?”

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“How ______ to talk of the ________ of the _____! Where _________ of ____-_________ are _________, men are __________ ______ us.”

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“How absurd to talk of the equality of the sexes! Where questions of self-sacrifice are concerned, men are infinitely beyond us.”

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“Never _____ _______________ of _______, Algernon. Only ______ who ____ get ____ it do that.”

A

“Never speak disrespectfully of Society, Algernon. Only people who can’t get into it do that.”

26
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“Why should there be ___ ___ ___ ___, and _______ for _____?”

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“Why should there be one law for men, and another for women?”

27
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“You’re the ___ of my ____ _____.”

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“You’re the son of my poor sister.”

28
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“It is a ________ _____ for a man to find out ________ that ___ ___ ____ he has been ________ _______ but the _____.”

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“It is a terrible thing for a man to find out suddenly that all his life he has been speaking nothing but the truth.”

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“…I’ve now realised for the first time in my life the vital Importance of Being Earnest.”

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“…I’ve now ________ for the _____ ____ in my ____ the _____ _________ of _____ _______.”