What was Oscar Wilde like as a person?

A great conversationalist, fun and WILDE to be around. Ha. but seriously. “He was always generous, kindly, good-tempered. read more

“Certainly the most destructive vice if you like, that a person can have. More than pride, which is supposedly the number one of the cardinal sins - is self pity. Self pity is the worst possible emotion anyone can have. And the most destructive. read more

But what I admire and love most about Wilde, is the same thing I admire in my other most favorite people; Abraham Lincoln, George Eliot, and Stephen Fry, are a few. Oscar Wilde had an overarching, overwhelming self-awareness. read more