Oscar's Wildest Epigrams
Did you know: The 'character' with the most epigrams out of the top 50 most quoted epigrams (according to a survey by the Guardian in 2012) is Oscar Wilde himself (who has 12)? The second is one of my favourite fictional characters of all time: Lord Henry Wotton in 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' with 10.
It won't come as a surprise to anyone who has read any of my previous blog posts, or Brown Leather Shoes (in which one of the protagonists, William, frequently quotes Wilde), but I love Oscar Wilde especially his enduring epigrams. I am currently reading 'The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays', and constantly finding new and familiar epigrams to tweet! Everyone has their favourite, but according to the Guardian the most quoted epigram of all time is "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars" (from Lady Windermere's Fan which, coincidentally, I have just finished reading - interestingly the top 3 are all from Lady Windermere's Fan). Being a Northerner I especially love Joey Boswell citing this quotation in 'Bread'!
What's your favourite?
It won't come as a surprise to anyone who has read any of my previous blog posts, or Brown Leather Shoes (in which one of the protagonists, William, frequently quotes Wilde), but I love Oscar Wilde especially his enduring epigrams. I am currently reading 'The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays', and constantly finding new and familiar epigrams to tweet! Everyone has their favourite, but according to the Guardian the most quoted epigram of all time is "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars" (from Lady Windermere's Fan which, coincidentally, I have just finished reading - interestingly the top 3 are all from Lady Windermere's Fan). Being a Northerner I especially love Joey Boswell citing this quotation in 'Bread'!
What's your favourite?
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