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
It is sweet to dance to violins
When Love and Life are fair:
To dance to flutes, to dance to lutes
Is delicate and rare:
But it is not sweet with nimble feet
To dance upon the air!"

R
"Do you really think, Arthur, that it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations that it requires strength, strength and courage, to yield to."
A
"The Governor was strong upon
The Regulations Act:
The Doctor said that Death was but
A scientific fact:
And twice a day the Chaplain called,
And left a little tract."
N
Grief has turned her fair.
K
Popularity is the only insult that has not yet been offered to Mr. Whistler.
 
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Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "The Ballad of Reading Gaol, sct. 2."
R: "Sir Robert Chiltern to Lord Goring, in "An Ideal Husband," act 2."
A: "The Ballad of Reading Gaol," III:3"
N: Referring to the fact that a recently-bereaved lady friend had dyed her hair blonde. Attributed.
K: "Quoted by Whistler in "The Gentle Art of Making Enemies," "Mr. Whistler and His Critics, a Catalogue," 1890."
   



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