Breakfast Quotes
Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.
"Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast."— Oscar Wilde
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Meaning of this quote
Lord Goring jokingly reverses the expected association between brightness and intelligence.
Key takeaway:
Recognize the comic reversal in the breakfast remark.
Origin of the quote
An Ideal Husband (1895), Act I, Lord Goring.
Who actually said this?
VerifiedThe line is part of the play’s social comedy. It is a character’s quip rather than a factual claim about morning behavior.
