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Oscar WildeThe Importance of Being Earnest (1895), Act I
About Oscar Wilde
Irish playwright and wit, author of The Importance of Being Earnest. (1854-1900)
More from Oscar Wilde
- To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young (1894)
- Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.Lady Windermere's Fan (1892), Act III
- We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.Lady Windermere's Fan (1892), Act III
- I can resist everything except temptation.Lady Windermere's Fan (1892), Act I
- There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), ch. 1
- To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.The Soul of Man under Socialism (1891)
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- Listen to everyone in your company. And figure out ways to get them talking.Sam Walton
- Telephone, telegraph, tell a woman.Estée Lauder
- The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter, 'tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning.Mark Twain
- Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.Mark Twain
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