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
Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

R
Those who see any difference between soul and body have neither.
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A truth ceases to be true when more than one person believes in it.
N
"While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the actor to give realism to romance."
K
It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes.
 
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Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "Quoted in: Hesketh Pearson, Life of Oscar Wilde, ch. 12 (1946)."
R: Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young
A: "Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young, in Chameleon (London, Dec. 1894). Shortly afterwards, under cross-examination by Edward Carson, Q.C., during Wilde's prosecution of the Marquess of "
N: "Quoted in: Dramatic Review (London, 23 May 1885)."
K: "Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young, in Chameleon (London, Dec. 1894)."
   



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