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Oscar Wilde on Journalism

1854–1900

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4 quotes

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs for ever and ever.

The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)

As for modern Journalism, its not my business to defend it. It justifies its own existence by the great Darwinian principle of the survival of the vulgarest.

The Critic as Artist (1891)

The fact is, that the public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing. Journalism, conscious of this, and having tradesmanlike habits, supplies their demands

The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)

Ernest: But what is the difference between Literature and Journalism? Gilbert: Journalism is unreadable and Literature is not read. That is all.

The Critic as Artist Part I (1891)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Oscar Wilde (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.