Monologue

Lord Darlington Monologue from Lady Windermere's Fan

From Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde

male · sarcastic · 33 sec

Oh, nowadays so many conceited people go about Society pretending to be good, that I think it shows rather a sweet and modest disposition to pretend to be bad. Besides, there is this to be said. If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn’t. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.

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