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A Good Woman Quotes
Lord Darlington: I like America. Name me another society that's gone from barbarism to decadence without bothering to create a civilization in between. Lord Darlington: I like America. Name me another society that's gone from barbarism to decadence without bothering to create a civilization in between. Tuppy: A tribute to American efficiency. Lord Darlington: Marital bliss is a terrible burden to place on two people, Tuppy. Sometimes a third person is needed to lighten the load. Tuppy: You're so fond of gossip you don't give the truth a chance to put its pants on. Contessa Lucchino: It's not the truth that's going around without pants, caro Tuppy. Contessa Lucchino: You mustn't take it personally. Mrs. Erlynne is one of those women that attract men like a bee to a flame. Eh? Meg Windermere: A moth. Contessa Lucchino: Bee to a moth. Mmm. Contessa Lucchino: Undying love is like the ghost in your villa. Everybody talks about it, but try and find one person who has seen it. Meg Windermere: How could he? Contessa Lucchino: Every man is born truthful and every man dies a liar. Now whatever you do you mustn't make a scene. It's too unpleasant and you waste energy. Meg Windermere: No, of course not. I wouldn't. Contessa Lucchino: Crying is the refuge of plain women. [smiling brightly] Contessa Lucchino: Pretty women go shopping. Dumby: Do you think she'd look at you if you were poor? Tuppy: Do you think I'd look at her if she were ugly? Fair's fair, exchange rates and so forth. Well I know she's had her this and her that... but if a man can tolerate his own past... why not a past in his wife? Dumby: Women inspire us to great things. Cecil: Then somehow prevent us from doing any of them.
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