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Quotes by Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde was the wit of late Victorian London. His comedies Lady Windermere’s Fan and The Importance of Being Earnest, and his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, are full of paradoxes still quoted today.

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Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.

Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere’s Fan, Act III (Dumby), 1892 Verified quote
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The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest, Act I (Algernon), 1895 Verified quote
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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere’s Fan, Act III (Lord Darlington), 1892 Verified quote
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