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DRAMATISTS > playwright, novelist > Oscar Wilde
Civilisation is not...
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Civilisation is not by any means an easy thing to attain to. There are only two ways by which man can reach it. One is by being cultured, the other by being corrupt.
Source: Lord Henry, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. 19 (1891).
-- Oscar Wilde, (Oct 16 1856-1900), Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist; He was noted for his flamboyant witty, sophisticated plays, e.g., The Importance of Being Ernest, 1895.