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."
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F
The liar at any rate recognizes that recreation, not instruction, is the aim of conversation, and is a far more civilised being than the blockhead who loudly expresses his disbelief in a story which is told simply for the amusement of the company."

R
The condition of perfection is idleness; the aim of perfection is youth.
A
It is only the unimaginative who ever invents. The true artist is known by the use he makes of what he annexes.
N
"We who live in prison, and in whose lives there is no event but sorrow, have to measure time by throbs of pain, and the record of bitter moments."
K
"The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism, conscious of this, and having tradesman-like habits, supplies their demands."
 
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Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: ""Aristotle at Afternoon Tea," in Pall Mall Gazette (London, 28 Feb. 1885; repr. in Aristotle at Afternoon Tea: The Rare Oscar Wilde, 1991)."
R: ""Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young," in "Chameleon," (London, Dec 1894)."
A: ""Art Review," 30 May 1885."
N: ""De Profundis," (1905). Wilde himself spent two years in prison."
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