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= Name: Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (Oscar Wilde) = = =

Born: 16th October 1854, Dublin Ireland Died: 30th November 1900, Paris France = =

Wilde was born in and spent his youth in Dublin, Ireland, his father was a successful surgeon and his mother was a writer. Wilde was educated at Trinity College in Dublin and later at Magdalen College, Oxford. It was while at College in Oxford that Wilde became involved in literature. After he graduated Wilde moved to London to pursue a career in literature.

== Wilde produced many and varied works. For example his first volume of poetry was published in 1881. He also made contributions to the ‘Pall Mall Gazette’, wrote fairy tales and published a novel ‘The picture of Dorian Gray’ (1891). However his greatest talent was writing plays, he produced several very popular comedies such as ‘An ideal husband’ (1895) and ‘The importance of being Earnest’ ( 1895). ==

Wilde’s private life was full of drama and tragedy. He married Constance Lloyd in 1884 and they had two sons, but in 1891 Wilde began an affair with Lord Alfred Douglas, nicknamed ‘ Bosie’. Bosie’s father accused Wilde of being homosexual, and Wilde tried to sue him in April 1895. Wilde lost and, after details of his private life were revealed during the trial, was arrested and imprisoned. He was sentenced to two years of hard labour. Wilde’s wife took their children to Switzerland and adopted the name 'Holland'. Wilde was released with his health permanently damaged and his reputation ruined. He spent the rest of his life in Europe, publishing 'The Ballad of Reading Gaol' in 1898. He died in Paris on 30 November 1900.

=Quotations in Spanish= http://www.proverbia.net/citasautor.asp

=Oscar Wilde= 1854-1900. Dramaturgo y novelista irlandés. [|Enlaces sobre Oscar Wilde] • Libros de Oscar Wilde = A veces podemos pasarnos años sin vivir en absoluto, y de pronto toda nuestra vida se concentra en un solo instante. =

== Un hombre puede ser feliz con cualquier mujer mientras que no la ame. = = = = = == Las mujeres han sido hechas para ser amadas, no para ser comprendidas. = = = === == No hay nada como el amor de una mujer casada. Es una cosa de la que ningún marido tiene la menor idea. = = = = === == Lo menos frecuente en este mundo es vivir. La mayoría de la gente existe, eso es todo. =

= == Si usted quiere saber lo que una mujer dice realmente, mírela, no la escuche. = = =

= = Las preguntas no son nunca indiscretas. Las respuestas, a veces sí. =

= = =//** I **//// t is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either // charming or //tedious. // =

=// We teach people how to remember, we never teach them how to grow. //=

= = =// The only way // to get rid of //  a temptation is to //  yield  // to it. //=

=// To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable. //=

=// We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities. //=

=// Wisdom comes with winters. //=

=// Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast. //=

= = =// Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them. //=