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Oscar Wilde Quotes

To be great is to be misunderstood.

Source:Letter to James McNeill Whistler (February 23, 1885); in Letters of Oscar Wilde (ed. Harcourt, Brace, & World, 1962), Page 171
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  • Profession: Poet, Playwright
  • Born: October 16, 1854 - November 30, 1900
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