Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde

Jean-François Nadeau écrit dans Le Devoir

Les radicaux libres

Le portrait qu’a donné de cette baronne (Margaret Thatcher) au jour de sa mort la députée Glenda Jackson était sans doute assez juste : Thatcher a accouché d’une société mesquine qui connaissait le prix de toute chose, mais qui en ignorait la valeur.

En fait, la députée a paraphrasé une phrase d’Oscar Wilde dans la pièce Lord Darlington, Act III.

À la question: What is a cynic? l’acteur répond:

A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

 

Autres perles d’oscar Wilde

Men always want to be a woman’s first love – women like to be a man’s last romance.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.

Always forgive your enemies – nothing annoys them so much.

By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.

In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.