WILDE, OSCAR. Autograph manuscript of eleven epigrams or witticisms. N.p., n.d. [London, 1890s]. One page, folio, in ink with numerous revisions and deletions (all readable), paginated "1" by Wilde in upper right corner, laid down on brown paper, a tear touching a few letters carefully repaired on verso, a slight marginal chip. "EXPERIENCE IS THE NAME MEN GIVE TO THEIR MISTAKES" Some of the epigrams, notably the one headlined above, were incorporated into Wilde's plays; others could well be unpublished. They include: "A well-tied tie is the first serious step in life"; "To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance"; "One cannot be too careful in the choice of either one's buttonhole, or of one's enemies"; "The first duty of Life is to be as artificial as possible. What the second duty is, no one has as yet discovered"; and the refreshingly politically incorrect, "If the poor only had profiles, the problem of poverty would be easily solved."
WILDE, OSCAR. Autograph manuscript of eleven epigrams or witticisms. N.p., n.d. [London, 1890s]. One page, folio, in ink with numerous revisions and deletions (all readable), paginated "1" by Wilde in upper right corner, laid down on brown paper, a tear touching a few letters carefully repaired on verso, a slight marginal chip. "EXPERIENCE IS THE NAME MEN GIVE TO THEIR MISTAKES" Some of the epigrams, notably the one headlined above, were incorporated into Wilde's plays; others could well be unpublished. They include: "A well-tied tie is the first serious step in life"; "To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance"; "One cannot be too careful in the choice of either one's buttonhole, or of one's enemies"; "The first duty of Life is to be as artificial as possible. What the second duty is, no one has as yet discovered"; and the refreshingly politically incorrect, "If the poor only had profiles, the problem of poverty would be easily solved."
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