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 - To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable. Free

Oscar Wilde

To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable.

Oscar Wilde Quote - Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one’s mistakes. Free

Oscar Wilde

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one’s mistakes.

Oscar Wilde Quote - There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. Free

Oscar Wilde

There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.

Oscar Wilde Quote - To lose one parent, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness. Free

Oscar Wilde

To lose one parent, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.

Oscar Wilde Quote - How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being. Free

Oscar Wilde

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.

Oscar Wilde Quote - The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing. Free

Oscar Wilde

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.

Oscar Wilde Quote - It takes great deal of courage to see the world in all its tainted glory, and still to love it. Free

Oscar Wilde

It takes great deal of courage to see the world in all its tainted glory, and still to love it.

Oscar Wilde Quote - It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious. Free

Oscar Wilde

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.

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

Oscar Wilde

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

Oscar Wilde Quote - Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination. Free

Oscar Wilde

Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.

Oscar Wilde Quote - Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world. Free

Oscar Wilde

Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.

Oscar Wilde Quote - A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it. Free

Oscar Wilde

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

Oscar Wilde Quote - One should always be in love. That’s the reason one should never marry. Free

Oscar Wilde

One should always be in love. That’s the reason one should never marry.

Oscar Wilde Quote - Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is by far the best ending for one. Free

Oscar Wilde

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is by far the best ending for one.

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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