Life truths from Oscar Wilde in his birthday week

It was Wilde’s birthday on October 16, and we put together some of his brilliant quotes

Unjustly prosecuted by a homophobic Britain, Irish playwright and novelist Oscar Wilde died at 46. Today he is best remembered for his witty society comedies, his only novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, his eloquent defence at his trial for “gross indecency” and his epigrams that poked fun at Victorian hypocrisy, among other things. It was Wilde’s birthday on October 16, and we put together some of his brilliant quotes:

Oscar Wilde’s statue in Merrion Square, Dublin, Ireland (Lucian Milasan / Shutterstock)

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