A wonderful quotation from JM Barrie's 1902 play "The Admirable Crichton", spoken by the
character Ernest Woolley, who is a satire on the typical Wilde
epigram-loving hero.
The quote is based on Wilde's "The old
believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know
everything," from Phrases and Philosophies For the Use of the Young
(1894).
A hat tip to an anonymous reader for providing the information above. The original (mis)information attributing the quote to Wilde came from Born to be Wilde, where the byline is a great quote from Wilde: "I don't want to go to heaven. None of my friends are there."
It's actually from JM Barrie's 1902 play "The Admirable Crichton", and said by the character Ernest Woolley, who is a satire on the typical Wilde epigram-loving hero.
ReplyDeleteIt is, however, based on Wilde's "The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything" - from Phrases and Philosophies for the use of the Young (1894).
Source(s):
Google Books http://books.google.co.uk/books?client=f…
I've amended the post to correct the reference. Thank you so much for helping me monitor/proofread the blog. :.)
DeleteIt's actually from JM Barrie's 1902 play "The Admirable Crichton", and said by the character Ernest Woolley, who is a satire on the typical Wilde epigram-loving hero.
ReplyDeleteIt is, however, based on Wilde's "The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything" - from Phrases and Philosophies for the use of the Young (1894).
Source(s):
Google Books http://books.google.co.uk/books?client=f…