LADY WINDERMERE: Why do you talk so trivially about life, then? LORD DARLINGTON: Because I think that life is far too important a thing ever to talk … - Oscar Wilde

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LADY WINDERMERE: Why do you talk so trivially about life, then? LORD DARLINGTON: Because I think that life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about it.

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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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Life is too important to be taken seriously.
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Originators like Oscar Wilde:
George Bernard Shaw Anton Chekhov William Somerset Maugham Mark Twain Friedrich Nietzsche

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