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
There is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community."

R
The vilest deeds like poison-weeds
Bloom well in prison-air;
It is only what is good in Man
That wastes and withers there:
Pale Anguish keeps the heavy gate
And the warder is Despair.
A
He would stab his best friend for the sake of writing an epigram on his tombstone.
N
"Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to the growth of art."
K
The gods bestowed on Max the gift of perpetual old age.
 
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Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "The Critic as Artist," Pt. 2"
R: "The Ballad of Reading Gaol, Pt V. 5"
A: "The Czarevitch, in Vera, or the Nihilists, act 2, referring to Prince Paul."
N: "Remark, 21 Feb 1882, Louisville, Ky. In Richard Ellman, Oscar Wilde, ch. 7, 1987."
K: Referring to Max Beerbohm. Attrib.
   



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