Anglo-Irish "playwright, novelist".
"He was noted for his flamboyant witty, sophisticated plays, e.g., "The Importance of Being Ernest," 1895."
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."
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.
He would stab his best friend for the sake of writing an epigram on his tombstone.
"Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to the growth of art."
The gods bestowed on Max the gift of perpetual old age.
