Oscar Wilde on Women
1854–1900
15 quotes
The growing influence of women is the one reassuring thing in our political life.
A Woman of No Importance (1893)
Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are.
An Ideal Husband (1895)
If we men married the women we deserved, we should have a very bad time of it.
An Ideal Husband (1895)
Lady Windermere's Fan (1892)
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.
The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)
There are only two kinds of women, the plain and the coloured.
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890)
Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.
An Ideal Husband (1895)
Women are a decorative sex. They never have anything to say, but they say it charmingly.
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890)
A Woman of No Importance (1893)
The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)
The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890)
Oh! no one. No one in particular. A woman of no importance.
A Woman of No Importance (1893)
An Ideal Husband (1895)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Oscar Wilde (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.