For truly clever dialogue and a smartly structured plot, you can't go wrong with Oscar Wilde. Wilde's play An Ideal Husband is not his best known, but this film adaptation has all the wit you could ask for and a cast with the chops to deliver it: Ca…more »
Gertrude:
Yes, Arthur, it is Robert himself who wishes to retire from public life.
Lord Arthur Goring:
Rather than risk losing your love, he would do anything. Has he not been punished enough?
Gertrude:
We've both been punished. I set him up too high.
Lord Arthur Goring:
Do not set him down now too low.
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