The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read. - Oscar Wilde

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The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.

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About Oscar Wilde

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish dramatist, essayist, novelist and poet.

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Pen Names: С.3.3. • Sebastian Melmoth
Birth Name: Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde
Alternative Names: Oscar O'Flahertie Wills Wilde • Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde • Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde • Oscar O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde
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George Bernard Shaw Anton Chekhov William Somerset Maugham Mark Twain Friedrich Nietzsche

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