I Can Resist Everything Except Temptation: And Other Quotations from Oscar Wilde - Hardcover

by Karl Beckson (Editor)

I love scandals about other people, but scandals about myself don't interest me. They have not got the charm of novelty, one of Oscar Wilde's characters says. Another remarks, I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train. Before Wilde himself was brought down in one of the most sensational scandals of his time, he was sought after for his flamboyant personality, his scintillating conversation and his sophisticated wit.

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I Can Resist Everything Except Temptations includes over 1,000 of Oscar Wilde's most pointed comments--from witty paradoxes to moving remarks on the human condition. Even the reader new to Wilde will find many of his sayings familiar.