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1854 – 1900 · Dublin
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde turned wit into armour, and then watched the armour break.
Born Dublin
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Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin in 1854 and grew up to become the wittiest man in London. His mother was a poet and his father a famous ear and eye surgeon, so words and ideas filled the house early. At Oxford he learned to dress, talk, and think like no one else. He soon made a name as a champion of "art for art's sake," the belief that beauty needs no other excuse.
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