Oscar Wilde

"People seldom tell the truths that are worth telling. We ought to choose our truths as carefully as we choose our lies and to select our virtues with as much thought as we bestow upon the selection of our enemies."

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Source: Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.197, Wordsworth Editions

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Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

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Oscar Wilde was a renowned Irish playwright and poet, celebrated for his sharp wit and critiques of Victorian society, particularly in works like 'The Picture of Dorian Gray.'

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