“I don’t say we all ought to misbehave. But we ought to look as if we could”

“I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could.”

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”

“The public is largely influenced by the look of a book. So are we all. It is the only artistic thing about the public.”

“To be popular one must be a mediocrity.""Not with Women," said the duchess, shaking her head; "and women rule the world. I assure you we can't bear mediocrities. We women, as someone says, love with our ears, just as you men love with your eyes, if you ever love at all.""It seems to me that we never do anything else," murmered Dorian.”

“But you don’t really mean to say that you couldn’t love me if my name wasn’t Ernest?GWENDOLEN: But your name is Ernest.JACK: Yes, I know it is. But supposing it was something else? Do you mean to say you couldn’t love me then?GWENDOLEN (glibly): Ah! that is clearly a metaphysical speculation, and like most metaphysical speculations has very little reference at all to the actual facts of real life, as we know them.”

“We women, as some one says, love with our ears, just as you men love with your eyes, if you ever love at all.”