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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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."

"When we are happy we are always good, but when we are good we are not always happy."

"Only mediocrities progress. An artist revolves in a cycle of masterpieces, the first of which is no less perfect than the last."

Murder is always a mistake. One should never do anything that one cannot talk about after dinner.

Nowadays to be intelligible is to be found out.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	"Lord Darlington, in "Lady Windermere's Fan," act 3."
R:	"Lord Henry, in "The Picture of Dorian Gray," ch. 6, 1891."
A:	"Letter to the Editor, in Pall Mall Gazette (London, 25 Sep 1894)."
N:	"Lord Henry, in "The Picture of Dorian Gray," ch. 19, 1891."
K:	"Lord Darlington, in "Lady Windermere's Fan," act 1."