Oscar Wilde Quotes About Modernism

• It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.

  Oscar Wilde

  Fashion, Clothes, Modern

  Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.816, GENERAL PRESS

• Nothing is so dangerous as being too modern; one is apt to grow old fashioned quite suddenly.

  Oscar Wilde

  Modern, Dangerous, Old Fashioned

  1895 Lord Mark by. An Ideal Husband, act 2.

• In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.

  Oscar Wilde

  Life, World, Modern

  Oscar Wilde (2013). “An Ideal Husband: Second Edition, Revised”, p.30, A&C Black

• Private information is practically the source of every large modern fortune.

  Oscar Wilde

  Information, Modern, Source

  Oscar Wilde (2000). “The Plays of Oscar Wilde”, p.306, Wordsworth Editions

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