About Oscar Wilde
Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) 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 playwrights in London in the early 1890s. Regarded by most commentators as the...
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I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.
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A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.
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Everyone who receives the protection of society owes a return for the benefit.
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A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.
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Society, my dear, is like salt water, good to swim in but hard to swallow.