Oscar Wilde: An Aesthetic Life | Cool History

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Filling out the ranks of tragic artists in Oscar Wilde: acclaimed author and LGBTQ+ icon. Learn more about his life in this episode of Cool History.

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Oscar Wilde edited by Karl Beckson
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Welcome to the joke under the fold, although this time not so much a joke but just one of Oscar Wilde's many sick burns:

"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go."

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