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An Ideal Husband Quotes

Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the two sexes.

Source:(ed. Methuen & Co., 1912), Act III, Page 182
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Oscar Wilde (An Ideal Husband Quotes)
  • Book: An Ideal Husband
  • Writer: Oscar Wilde
  • Genre: Classics, Plays
  • Published: 1893
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