Did Oscar Wilde say “The truth is rarely pure and never simple”?
SAPIR 861 · QUOTE CHECK
Did Oscar Wilde say “The truth is rarely pure and never simple”?
Found word for word. Yes. The text appears in works attributed to Oscar Wilde. Source and location below.
Algernon. The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature a complete impossibility!
The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People — Oscar Wilde, SCENE · ¶103 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #844 · source
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (WLC), CC BY 4.0