WORDS FROM A GREAT MIND

Oscar Wilde

Playwright & author

Portrait of Oscar Wilde
Born
16 October 1854
Died
30 November 1900
Lived in
Dublin, Oxford, London & Paris

Born in Dublin, Oscar Wilde studied at Oxford and became a celebrated playwright and writer in London. His works include The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest; he spent his final years in France and died in Paris.

A LESSER-KNOWN DETAIL

From 1887 to 1889, he edited The Woman’s World, inviting women to write about literature, education, and professional life as well as fashion.

Words by Oscar Wilde

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
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“A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.”
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“To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.”
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