Ian White12/30/2010: Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde's rich and dramatic portrayals of the human condition came during the height of the Victorian Era that swept through London in the late 19th century. At a time when all citizens of Britain were finally able to embrace literature the wealthy and educated could only once afford, Wilde wrote many short stories, plays and poems that continue to inspire millions around the world.
"By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community."
"Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same."
"A true friend stabs you in the front."
"A poet can survive everything but a misprint."
"Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching."
As he sipped champagne on his deathbed:
"Alas, I am dying beyond my means."
"Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months."
"I think that God in creating Man somewhat overestimated his ability."
"I am not young enough to know everything."
"The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read."
“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.”
“He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.”
