Oscar Wilde1854–1900Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions.
Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young (1894)In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs for ever and ever.
The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)- A Woman of No Importance (1893)
An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
The Epigrams of Oscar Wilde, edited by Alvin Redman (1954)The youth of America is their oldest tradition. It has been going on now for three hundred years.
A Woman of No Importance (1893)Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.
The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)- The Critic as Artist (1891), Part II
- Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young (1894)
- An Ideal Husband (1895), Act III
- De Profundis (1897)
- “The Relation of Dress to Art”, The Pall Mall Gazette (February 28, 1885)
- The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), Act IIIn context
- The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)
- Salomé (1893)
- “The Portrait of Mr. W. H.”, in Blackwood’s Magazine (July 1889)
