Sarcastic Quotes - Page 29
Really, if the lower orders don't set a good example, what on earth is the use of them?
'The Importance of Being Earnest' (1895) act 1
John Stuart Anderson, Oscar Wilde (1982). “The picture of Dorian Gray: a modern theatre adaptation of Oscar Wilde's classic novel”
I never play cricket. It requires one to assume such indecent postures.
His reason for not playing cricket. Quoted in Bloomsbury Thematic Dictionary of Quotations (1988)
Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm.
Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.1159, GENERAL PRESS
Oscar Wilde (2013). “An Ideal Husband: Second Edition, Revised”, p.36, A&C Black
He makes a very handsome corpse and becomes his coffin prodigiously.
The Good Natured Man Act I
Gee, what a terrific party. Later on we'll get some fluid and embalm each other.
Neil Simon (1979). “The collected plays of Neil Simon”, Plume Books
Mark Twain (2010). “Mark Twain's Own Autobiography: The Chapters from the North American Review”, p.231, Univ of Wisconsin Press
Mark Twain, Harriet Elinor Smith (2012). “Autobiography of Mark Twain: Reader's Edition”, p.76, Univ of California Press
What are the proper proportions of a maxim? A minimum of sound to a maximum of sense.
More Tramps Abroad ch. 23, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar" (1897)
Marianne Moore, Patricia C. Willis (1986). “The complete prose of Marianne Moore”, Viking Pr