The Importance of Being Earnest

"Algernon: All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy.
No man does. That's his.

Jack: Is that clever?

Algernon: It is perfectly phrased! and quite as true as any observation
in civilised life should be.

Jack: I am sick to death of cleverness. Everybody is clever nowadays.
You can't go anywhere without meeting clever people. The thing has
become an absolute public nuisance. I wish to goodness we had a few
fools left.

Algernon: We have.

Jack: I should extremely like to meet them. What do they talk about?

Algernon: The fools? Oh! about the clever people, of course.

Jack: What fools!"