 | BiographyType: Irish author, Playwright, Poet Born: 16 October 1854 Died: 30 November 1900 Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish author, playwright and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Wilde's parents were successful Anglo-Irish Dublin intellectuals. His father, William Wilde, was an acclaimed doctor who was knighted for his work as medical advisor for the Irish censuses. William Wilde later founded St. |
Behind the perfection of a man's style, must lie the passion of a man's soul.
The one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it.
The basis of action is lack of imagination. It is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.
Actions are the first tragedy in life, words are the second. Words are perhaps the worst. Words are merciless. . .
We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.
Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.
My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's.
In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity, is the vital thing.
If you don't get everything you want, think of the things you don't get that you don't want.
The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for.
Life is not complex. We are complex. Life is simple, and the simple thing is the right thing.
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