Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. He is most well known for his epigrams, the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, and the play The Importance of Being Earnest.
A man whose desire is to be something separate from himself, to be a member of Parliament...or something equally tedious, invariably succeeds in being what he wants to be. That is his punishment.
A poet can survive everything but a misprint.
All art is immoral.
An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
Experience [is] the name men give to their mistakes.
One can survive everything nowadays except death.
Those who want a mask have to wear it.
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