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Men always want to be a woman’s first love – women like to be a man’s last romance.
"Men always want to be a woman’s first love – women like to be a man’s last romance."— Oscar Wilde
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Meaning of this quote
Mrs. Allonby turns romantic expectations into a comic contrast between novelty and lasting importance. The remark reflects a character's social pose rather than a universal account of what men and women want.
Key takeaway:
Discuss romantic expectations instead of assuming them from gender.
Origin of the quote
A compressed adaptation of Mrs. Allonby's speech in A Woman of No Importance, Act II.
Who actually said this?
Commonly attributedThe play includes additional sentences and first-person wording. The post combines the ideas into a new standalone sentence; its exact wording is not a verbatim line.
