Oscar Wilde

Hi there!

I told you I'm living in Dublin in my second post, so I'd like to share with you a piece of something about here, and it's Oscar Wilde.

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was one of the most important Irish writer.

Born in Dublin in 1854, he was famous for wrote many comedies, tales and just one single novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (a movie about it called Dorian Gray was launched last year).

He was married and had two children, but he was known by his fancy attitudes, sometimes involving homosexual events, and in 1985 he was put in prison for two years because of that.

After prison he moved to Paris and changed his life style becoming a simple person, and died there in 1900 from meningitis.

Below, there are some Oscar Wilde's quotations, maybe you recognize some.

"Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes"

Absolutely, but just reminding that the wise learn with other's mistakes.

"I can resist everything, except temptation"

Maybe this is the cause of his fancy attitudes.

"Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much"

Clever strategic drive.

"Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong"

Always chock! I believe it was his rule!

"I'm not young enough to know everything"

100% Right! When I was teenager I was sure I knew everything I should know and now I know I should be learned everything I thought I knew.

"Marriage ins't a word, it is a sentence"

I agree this subject is quite discussed.

Well, this is it!

PS: The picture of Oscar Wilde's statue was taken at Merrion Square, in Dublin.