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."

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I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

"Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul."

"Ignorance is like a delicate fruit; touch it, and the bloom is gone."

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless who know love's tragedies.

Popularity is the crown of laurel which the world puts on bad art. Whatever is popular is wrong.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	"Lady Windermere's Fan," II"
R:	"Lord Henry, in "The Picture of Dorian Gray," ch. 2, 1891."
A:	"Lady Bracknell, in "The Importance of Being Earnest," act 1"
N:	"Lord Henry, in "The Picture of Dorian Gray," ch. 1, 1891."
K:	"Lecture, 30 Jun 1883, to students of the Royal Academy, London"