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Oscar Wilde Quotes

Society often forgives the criminal; it never forgives the dreamer. - Oscar Wilde (The Critic as Artist Quotes)

Society often forgives the criminal; it never forgives the dreamer.

Source:The Critic as Artist (1891); in Intentions (ed. Methuen & Co., 1911), Page 169
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  • Name: Oscar Wilde
  • Profession: Poet, Playwright
  • Born: October 16, 1854 - November 30, 1900
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