Oscar Wilde

1854 - 1900

Poet, Irish Author and Playwright

Oscar Fingal O’Fflahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish author, poet and playwright. After writing in different literary styles throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular and influential dramatists in London in the early 1890s.

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Oscar Wilde Quote - A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing. Free

Oscar Wilde

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.

Oscar Wilde Quote - Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong. Free

Oscar Wilde

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

Oscar Wilde Quote - Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth. Free

Oscar Wilde

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

Oscar Wilde Quote - I like men who have a future and women who have a past. Free

Oscar Wilde

I like men who have a future and women who have a past.

Oscar Wilde Quote - Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace. Free

Oscar Wilde

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace.

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

Oscar Wilde

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

Oscar Wilde Quote - If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all. Free

Oscar Wilde

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.

Oscar Wilde Quote - Some things are more precious because they don’t last long. Free

Oscar Wilde

Some things are more precious because they don’t last long.

Oscar Wilde Quote - I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an ass of yourself. Free

Oscar Wilde

I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an ass of yourself.

Oscar Wilde Quote - Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. Free

Oscar Wilde

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.

Oscar Wilde Quote - Indeed I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing to do. Free

Oscar Wilde

Indeed I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing to do.

Oscar Wilde Quote - I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability. Free

Oscar Wilde

I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.

About Oscar Wilde

Oscar Fingal O’Fflahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish author, poet and playwright. After writing in different literary styles throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular and influential dramatists in London in the early 1890s.

Notable Works

Oscar Wilde’s brilliant literary legacy is anchored by his masterpiece novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, which explores aestheticism, morality, and double lives. He achieved massive theatrical success with sharp, satirical society comedies, most notably his witty masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest. Additionally, his tragic poem The Ballad of Reading Gaol and his moving fairy tale The Happy Prince showcase his remarkable emotional depth and mastery over diverse literary forms.

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