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Oscar Wilde
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Oscar WildeOscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (October 16, 1854 – November 30, 1900) was an Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and short story writer. One of the most successful playwrights of late Victorian London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day, known for his barbed and clever wit, he suffered a dramatic downfall and was imprisoned after being convicted in a famous trial of "gross indecency" for homosexual acts.

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.
Oscar Wilde


Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.
Oscar Wilde

I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.
Oscar Wilde

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.
Oscar Wilde

It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.
Oscar Wilde

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The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on. It is never any use to oneself.

Oscar Wilde



The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

Oscar Wilde

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Oscar Wilde



The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for.

Oscar Wilde

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Originally posted by Inda:
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

Oscar Wilde