Creative Quotations from Oscar Wilde (1856-1900)

Creative Quotations from . . .

Oscar Wilde
(1856-1900) born on Oct 16

Anglo-Irish "playwright, novelist". "He was noted for his flamboyant witty, sophisticated plays, e.g., "The Importance of Being Ernest," 1895."

Only the shallow know themselves.

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike.

The best one can say of modern creative art is that it is just a little less vulgar than reality.

Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	"In "1,911 Best Things Anybody Ever Said," ed. Robert Byrne, 1988."
R:	"Mrs. Cheveley, in An Ideal Husband, act 2."
A:	"In "Treasury of Humorous Quotations," eds. William Cole and Louis Phillips, 1996."
N:	"In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."
K:	"In "Webster's Electronic Quotebase," ed. Keith Mohler, 1994."