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AUTHOR PROFILE
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde is described in biographical records as an Irish writer (1854–1900) (1854–1900). The selections gathered here touch on beauty, character, hope. This profile brings the attributed quotations together with their available source information.
Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault. Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope. They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty. There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.— Oscar Wilde
Biography at a glance
- Profile: Irish writer (1854–1900)
- Life: 1854–1900
- Quotes in this collection: 2
Life and work
Biographical records connect Oscar Wilde with Magdalen College and Trinity College, Dublin. Works associated with Oscar Wilde include The Importance of Being Earnest and The Picture of Dorian Gray. This collection includes 2 quotations credited to Oscar Wilde. Each quotation page preserves its own citation, when supplied, so readers can follow the passage back to its stated context.
Reading the quotations
The selections gathered here touch on beauty, character, hope. These topic links make it easier to compare these words with other voices in the LDS Flow library. Citations are shown on the individual quotation pages where the source collection provided them.