Oscar Wilde

"When I ask for a water cress sandwich, I do not mean a loaf with a field in the middle of it."

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Source: Quoted in Hesketh Pearson, Oscar Wilde, His Life and Wit (1946)

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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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