[lbo-talk] Wilde quote

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com
Sat May 31 06:32:10 PDT 2003


On Thu, 29 May 2003, Chris Brooke wrote:


> >"The problem with socialism is that it will take up too many evenings."
> > -- Oscar Wilde
>
> It is often reported that Wilde said this, or something like this,
> and I'm perfectly prepared to believe that he might have done, but
> does anyone know where or when he is supposed to have said it or
> written it in the first place, or know when it was first attributed
> to him?

Interestingly, it isn't listed in the "Politics" chapter of _The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde_ (edited by Alvin Redman) which includes quotes not only from his most obscure works but also from reported conversation.

Michael



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