“I am not in favour of this modern mania for turning bad people into good people at a moment's notice.”

“LADY BRACKNELLTo speak frankly, I am not in favour of long engagements. They give people the opportunity of finding out each other's character before marriage, which I think is never advisable.”

“Do you know that I am afraid that good people do a great deal of harm in this world? Certainly the greatest harm they do is that they make badness of such extraordinary importance.”

“It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.”

“It’s absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.”

“If one plays good music, people don't listen, and if one plays bad music people don't talk.”

“There is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community”