About Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde was an Irish poet, novelist, journalist, and critic. He was one of the greatest playwrights of the Victorian Era. During his life, he created nine plays, one novel, a plethora of essays, and numerous poems and stories. Wilde was a supporter of the aesthetic movement, which emphasised the aesthetic values over moral or social issues. This doctrine is most clearly summarized in the phrase "art for art." He is not just famous because of his literacy, he is also well known because of his wit, flamboyance, and affairs with men. He was tried and imprisoned for his homosexual relationship, which was then considered as a crime. The story of Wilde is very dramatic then. He was married and a father of two, but was also homosexual.
When Wilde was in his college days, he showed a cunning wit and love for attention. Many individuals and scholars have doubts on Wilde’s sexuality, even when he was just 16 years of age. This doesn’t make a hindrance on him, though. Instead, he pursued showing up his talents rather than answer the questions regarding rumors about his sexuality.
While he was in prison, he still continued to write poems and novels. He even wrote a story of an imprisoned man. Wilde had such a great mind and was such a persuasive man, problems and critics were not a hindrance for him when it came to doing what he loved most and becoming famous.
Books on Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde on Wit and Wisdom
"I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying."
"I am not young enough to know everything."
"The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple."
"A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing."
"Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future."
"I never travel without my diary. One must always have something sensational to read on the train."
"I can resist anything except temptation."
Oscar Wilde on Individuality
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
Oscar Widle on Forgiveness
"Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much."
Oscar Wilde on Optimism
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."
Oscar Wilde on Learning
"You can never be overdressed or overeducated."
"If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all."
Oscar Wilde on Purpose
"It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it."
"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."
Oscar Wilde on Friendship
"A good friend will always stab you in the front."