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NehEma t1_j1561sm wrote

Oscar Wilde was really pretty. It's fun how rarely we think of older famous people that way.

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Tonlick t1_j15xdjw wrote

Oscar was such an interesting man.

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earhere t1_j15eg1d wrote

not sure how this is motivating.

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Scat_fiend t1_j15wg6p wrote

It’s certainly something to ponder but I like it a lot more than the usual motivational quotes.

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Initial-Shop-8863 t1_j15vcx5 wrote

There is so much wrong info here. First, Bosie's father left a card at Oscar's club reading, "To Oscar Wilde posing somdomite (sic)." Oscar sued Queensberry for libel. Oscar lost the case because Queensberry hired detectives who ferreted out witnesses (boy prostitutes and others) who gave evidence against Oscar. The Crown then prosecuted Oscar for "gross indecency" and convicted him to two years hard labor. If Oscar hadn't lied to his counsel, if he hadn't brought the suit, if he had left London between the trials, he would not have ended up in prison.

Oscar never had TB. He fell in prison, damaged his ear, and it abcessed / wasn't properly treated. He was released in 1897. The ear injury became more infected between 1897 and 1900. The infection caused meningitis, which caused him great pain and killed him.

His lover, Lord Alfred Douglas (Bosie) never wanted to be discreet.

References: Richard Ellman's Oscar Wilde, Hesketh Pearson's books, over 200 biographies and memoirs written about Wilde from 1905 onward. Oscar's own work from prison called, "De Profundis" (unabridged version).

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2atudxh t1_j17d68u wrote

than the usual motivational quotes

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deesteesllc t1_j17pulm wrote

But you never forget the lesson that way

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Unable_To_Compile t1_j17v9pf wrote

Madness is that you never learn the lesson & repeat the same process countless times.

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BadMedAdvice t1_j17aoa3 wrote

The lesson was: don't sleep with everything that moves if you don't want syphilis.

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