The mind of the thoroughly well informed man is a dreadful thing. It is like a bric-à-brac shop, all monsters and dust, with everything priced above its proper value.

Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray

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Topic

Downsides of education Current events Education

Speaker

Lord Henry "Harry" Wotton

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Medium

Novel Magazine

Language

English

Time

1890 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

Ireland Europe

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Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Picture of Dorian Gray." Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. Philadelphia, July 1890, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray, edited by Robert Mighall. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 1.

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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

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Lady Windermere's Fan

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Topic
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Author

Oscar Wilde
Source
Lady Windermere's Fan
Medium
Play
Genre
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Language
English
Time
1892 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. Lady Windermere's Fan, A Play About a Good Woman. 1892, St James's Theatre, London, England, UK, act 3.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "Lady Windermere's Fan." Oscar Wilde: The Major Works, edited by Isobel Murray. Oxford University Press, 2008, act 3.

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Genius without Education is like Silver in the Mine.

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Topic
Untapped potential Human potential Genius Education

Author

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)
Source
Poor Richard's Almanack
Medium
Almanac
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
English
Time
1750 1750s 18th century
Era
Colonial America
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Original Citation

Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard Improved. Philadelphia, 1750.

Current Citation

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