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Oscar Wilde, born on October 16, 1854, in Ireland, and died on November 30, 1900, was a renowned Irish writer, playwright, and poet. His works are known for their wit, satire, and unique style, with notable works including 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' and 'Lady Windermere's Fan'.

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“I must say to myself that I ruined myself, and that nobody great or small can be ruined except by his own hand. I am quite ready to say so. ... Terrible as was what the world did to me, what I did to myself was far more terrible still.”

World Stills Hands Ready Terrible Conformity Ruined Non Conformity

Book:The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis,

Source: The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis,

“Thinking is the most unhealthy thing in the world, and people die of it just as they die of any other disease. Fortunately, in England at any rate, thought is not catching.”

People Thinking World Dies Disease England Rate Catching Insulting Unhealthy

Book:The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde

Source: The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde

“Simple pleasures are the last healthy refuge in a complex world.”

World Lasts Simple Pleasure Healthy Complexes Simplicity Refuge Simple Pleasures

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“There is nothing that stirs in the whole world of thought to which sorrow does not vibrate in terrible and exquisite pulsation.”

World Doe Whole Suffering Grief Terrible Sorrow Whole World Exquisite Vibrate

Book:De Profundis

Source: De Profundis

“Beauty ...is of the great facts in the world like sunlight, or springtime, or the reflection in dark water of that silver shell we call the moon.”

World Art Facts Water Dark Moon Reflection Silver Sunlight Shells Springtime Dark Water

Book:Epigrams of Oscar Wilde

Source: Epigrams of Oscar Wilde

“A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament. Its beauty comes from the fact that the author is what he is. ...Art is the most intense mode of Individualism that the world has known. I am inclined to say that it is the only real mode of Individualism that the world has known. ...Art is Individualism.”

World Art Real Facts Results Known Unique Art Is Intense Works Of Art Individualism Temperament

Book:The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde

Source: The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde

“The history of women is the history of the worst form of tyranny the world has ever known. The tyranny of the weak over the strong. It is the only tyranny that lasts.”

World Lasts Form Strong Known Worst Weak Tyranny

Book:The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis,

Source: The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis,

“Any place that we love becomes our world.”

World Love Is Our World

Author:Oscar Wilde

“A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at, for it leaves out the one country at which Humanity is always landing.”

World Doe Ideals Maps Idealism Utopia Utopian Soul Man

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“A glass of absinthe is as poetical as anything in the world. What difference is there between a glass of absinthe and a sunset?”

World Differences Glasses Sunset Absinthe

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“Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men who kept on working.”

Men World Achievement Tired Perseverance Accomplished Discouraged Persevere Great Achievement Inspirational Perseverance Perseverance And Hard Work

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“Walt Whitman and Emerson are the poets who have given the world more than anyone else. Perhaps Whitman is not so widely read in England, but England never appreciates a poet until he is dead.”

World America Given Poet Appreciate England Walt

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“The first thing that struck me on landing in America was that if the Americans are not the most well-dressed people in the world, they are the most comfortably dressed.”

People Ifs World Firsts Wells America Landing Well Dressed

Book:Oscar Wilde in America: The Interviews

Source: Oscar Wilde in America: The Interviews

“America is not a country, it is a world.”

World Country America

Book:Oscar Wilde in America: The Interviews

Source: Oscar Wilde in America: The Interviews

“How strange a thing this is! The Priest telleth me that the Soul is worth all the gold in the world, and the merchants say that it is not worth a clipped piece of silver.”

World Soul Pieces Strange Gold Silver Priests Merchants

Book:The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays

Source: The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays

“There is no country in the world where machinery is so lovely as in America.”

World Country America Lovely Machinery

Book:The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde

Source: The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde

“It is love, and not German philosophy, that is the true explanation of the world, whatever may be the explanation of the next.”

World Life May Philosophy Next Explanation German Philosophy

Book:The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde

Source: The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde

About the Author

Born: October 16, 1854
Died: November 30, 1900
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 2314

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The Picture Of Dorian GrayRelated source material

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The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: The picture of Dorian Gray : the 1890 and 1891 textsRelated source material

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