Wilde, Oscar
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Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (October 16, 1854 November 30, 1900) was an Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and short story writer. One of the most successful playwrights of late Victorian London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day, known for his barbed and clever wit, he suffered a dramatic downfall and was imprisoned after being convicted in a famous trial of "gross indecency" for homosexual acts. · Can we improve this biography? Write us your version
"Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity."
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"The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself."
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"Once can survive everything nowadays, except death."
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"Alas, I am dying beyond my means."
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"For he who lives more lives than one: More deaths than one must die."
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"Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people."
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