Gwendolyn Fairfax Quotes in The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)

Cecily Cardew: When I see a spade I call it a spade.

Gwendolyn Fairfax: I am glad to say that I have never seen a spade.

Jack Worthing: You are quite perfect Miss Fairfax.

Gwendolyn Fairfax: Oh I hope I am not that. It would leave no room for developments, and I intend to develop in many directions.

Gwendolyn Fairfax: I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read on a train.

Gwendolyn Fairfax: There comes a time when speaking one's mind ceases to be a moral duty, it becomes a pleasure.

Gwendolyn Fairfax: In an occasion of this kind it becomes more than a moral duty to speak one's mind, it becomes a pleasure.