“The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Source: The Soul of Man Under Socialism, and Selected Critical Prose
“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) <br class="br">Source: Wilde, Oscar, (1891 / 1912) The Soul of Man Under Socialism, London, Arthur L. Humphreys. Retrieved from University of California Libraries Archive.org https://archive.org 26 February 2018 https://archive.org/details/soulofmanunderso00wildiala
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