There is something terribly... by Oscar Wilde, an Irish Dramatist

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“There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the beauty, the joy of life. The less said about life's sores the better.”

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Oscar Wilde

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Name: Oscar Wilde

Nationality: Irish

Date of Birth: Oct 16, 1854

Date of Death: Nov 30, 1900

Profession: Dramatist

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