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Oscar Wilde
 
Date of birth: 16 October 1854
Date of death: 30 October 1900
Country Of Origin: Ireland
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   Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Irish poet and dramatist whose reputation rests on his comic masterpieces Lady Windermere's Fan(1892) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895). Among Wilde's other best-known works are his only novel The Picture of Dorian Gray(1891) and his fairy tales especially "The Happy Prince."


Wilde was born on October 16, 1854 in Dublin to unconventional parents - his mother Lady Jane Francesca Wilde (1820-96), was a poet and journalist. His fathe .... (More...)
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" A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything but the value of nothing. "

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" A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal. "

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" A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies. "

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" A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction. "

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" A poet can survive everything but a misprint. "

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" A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it. "

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" A true friend stabs you in the front. "

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" A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament. "

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" Ah, well, then I suppose I shall have to die beyond my means. "

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" Alas, I am dying beyond my means. "

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" All art is quite useless. "

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" All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling. "

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" All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art far more than art imitates life. "

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" All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his. "

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" Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much. "

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