OSCAR WILDE 'UK'S GREATEST WIT' !

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was born in Dublin in 1854. Playwright Oscar Wilde has been named Britain's greatest wit in a survey - ahead of Stephen Fry, who played him on screen, and Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson.
His aphorisms include: "I can resist everything except temptation" and "work is the curse of the drinking classes".
Late comedian Spike Milligan came second in the poll of 3,000 people, with Fry and Clarkson third and fourth.
Noel Coward and Sir Winston Churchill also feature among the 10 British wits cited by digital TV channel Dave.
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars -Oscar Wilde.
Wilde was born in Dublin in 1854, when Ireland was part of the United Kingdom.
He died in Paris in 1900, with the reported final words: "Either those curtains go or I do."
Fry once quoted Wilde as he passed through airport security, announcing: "I have nothing to declare but my genius."
He played the writer in the 1997 film Wilde, landing a Golden Globe nomination in the process.
Fellow wit Stephen Fry played Wilde in a 1997 film.
Fry's own witticisms include "It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that cliche is untrue."
Milligan, whose headstone contains the immortal line "I told you I was ill", once joked that all he wanted was "the chance to prove that money can't make me happy".
Top Gear host Clarkson, meanwhile, once compared driving an Alfa Romeo to "having really great sex that leaves you with an embarrassing itch."
William Shakespeare came in eighth place. Former PM Margaret Thatcher was the highest ranked woman, coming in at 12.
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