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
You should study the Peerage, Gerald. It is the one book a young man about town should know thoroughly, and it is the best thing in fiction the English have ever done."

R
"The fact is, you have fallen lately, Cecily, into a bad habit of thinking for yourself. You should give it up. It is not quite womanly. . . . Men don't like it."
A
Duty is what one expects from others.
N
The way of paradoxes is the way of truth. To test Reality we must see it on the tight-rope. When the Verities become acrobats we can judge them.
K
"One can survive anything these days, except death, and live down anything except a good reputation."
 
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Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "Lord Illingworth, in "A Woman of No Importance," act 3."
R: "Miss Prism, in The Importance of Being Earnest, act 3."
A: "Lord Illingworth, in "A Woman of No Importance," act 2."
N: "Mr. Erskine, in "The Picture of Dorian Gray," ch. 3, 1891."
K: "Lord Illingworth, in A Woman of No Importance, act 1. Lord Henry uttered similar sentiments in Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. 19 (1891)."
   



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