Oscar Wilde

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (October 16, 1854 – November 30, 1900) was an Irish playwright.

Sourced quotes

• “All art is immoral.”^[1]

Simple: No art is moral.

• “A poet can survive everything but a misprint.”^[2]

Simple: A poet can survive anything other than a printing mistake.

• “Anybody can make history. Only a great man can write it.”^[3]

Simple: Anybody can make history. But only a great man can write history.

• “There is no sin except stupidity.”^[4]

Simple: Stupidity is the only sin.

• “Charity creates a multitude of sins.”^[5]

Simple: Charity creates too many sins.

References

1. ↑ Intentions (1891)
2. ↑ "The Children of the Poets," The Pall Mall Gazette (October 14, 1886)
3. ↑ The Critic as Artist (1891). Pt. I
4. ↑ The Critic as Artist (1891). Pt. II
5. ↑ The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1895)

Other websites

• Oscar Wilde on Wikipedia
• Oscar Wilde on Wikimedia Commons