Wag of the Week Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

An idea that is not dangerous
is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
--The Critic as Artist

Only the shallow know themselves.
--Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young

What people call insincerity is simply a method by which we can multiply our personalities.
--The Critic as Artist

Oscar Wilde,
A Life in Letters, Wrintings and Wit
by Juliet Gardiner

An evocation of the glittering fin de siecle world of the fascinating wordsmith and aesthete, whose life is chronicled in this lavish sampling of his plays, poems, stories, and legendary witticisms. Illustrated with 140 paintings, prints, photos, and caricatures of Wilde and his social circle.