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."
 
   
F
Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

R
Society often forgives the criminal; it never forgives the dreamer.
A
"Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter."
N
Each man kills the thing he loves.
K
"If this is the way Queen Victoria treats her prisoners, she doesn't deserve to have any."
 
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Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "Gilbert, in "The Critic as Artist," pt. 1 (published in Intentions, 1891)."
R: "Gilbert, in "The Critic as Artist," pt. 2; in "Intentions," 1891."
A: "Basil Hallward, in "The Picture of Dorian Gray," ch. 1, 1891."
N: "'The Ballad of Reading Gaol' [For more, see crime.]"
K: Complaining at having to wait in the rain for transport to take him to prison. Attrib.
   



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