Did Oscar Wilde Really Say That?

Oscar Wilde remains one of history's most quoted—and misquoted—figures. Like Mark Twain or Abraham Lincoln, his sharp mind invites the attribution of fabrications, modern paraphrasing, and total myths.

Even genuine Wilde lines are often not cited properly, but fake ones never come with a source. And any quotation given without a source should be regarded as suspect.

This growing archive logs and debunks the most famous altered and misattributed sayings falsely stamped with Wilde's name.