Was Oscar Wilde a genius?

This phenomenon is prevalent throughout all the lives of those people generally accepted as geniuses in History irrespective of their field of endeavour: i.e De Vinci, Picasso, Faraday, Tesla, Wittgenstein, Goethe etc etc. Wilde was a talented poet and playwright but not a Genius. read more

About “Famous Oscar Wilde Quotes” Playwright, poet, and essayist Oscar Wilde may be the most famous quotesmith in literary history. Here are his 40 most popular (according to Goodreads) sourced quotations, grouped by work. read more

Wilde was a talented poet and playwright but not a Genius. He was also a very witty aphorist, but his wit was without true wisdom. Wilde’s lack of wisdom put him in Reading Jail, however it did produce his poem ‘The Ballad of Reading Goal’ written with references to, and in the style of, Thomas Chatterton. read more

“The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.26, GENERAL PRESS It is a sad thing to think of, but there is no doubt that genius lasts longer than beauty. read more