Anglo-Irish "playwright, novelist".
"He was noted for his flamboyant witty, sophisticated plays, e.g., "The Importance of Being Ernest," 1895."
Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old-fashioned respect for the young is fast dying out.
"Intellectual generalities are always interesting, but generalities in morals mean absolutely nothing."
Anybody can make history. Only a great man can write it.
It requires one to assume such indecent postures.
"Bad artists always admire each other's work. They call it being large-minded and free from prejudice. But a truly great artist cannot conceive of life being shown, or beauty fashioned, under any conditions other than those he has selected."
