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
But what is the difference between literature and journalism? ... Journalism is unreadable, and literature is not read."

R
Private information is practically the source of every large modern fortune.
A
"Something was dead in each of us,
And what was dead was Hope."
N
Who am I to tamper with a masterpiece?
K
"An excellent man! He hasn't an enemy in the world, and none of his friends like him."
 
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Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: The Critic as Artist
R: "Sir Robert Chiltern, in "An Ideal Husband," act 1."
A: "The Ballad of Reading Gaol," III:31"
N: Refusing to make alterations to one of his own plays. Attrib.
K: "Referring to George Bernard Shaw; Quoted in "Shaw, Sixteen Self Sketches," Ch. 17."
   



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