In conflict with the Victorian morals of his time, Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde chose to live ostentatiously and flamboyantly.

Clearly a genius, an unmatched debater, an aesthetic and lover of beauty, he managed with his pen to charm his contemporaries, while never ceasing to scandalize and infuriate, which often brought him into the crosshairs of poisonous public attacks.

This book gathers some of his wittiest, caustic, clever, and rich aphorisms: advice and judgments on self-denial, debating skills, prayer, novels, aristocracy, and hats.

A wonderful collection of excerpts from a master of wordplay.