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Oscar Wilde Quotes:

Ocupation: Writer

Life: October 16, 1854 - November 30, 1900

Birthday: October 16

Death: November 30

Please do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.

- Oscar Wilde

source: Impressions of America (1906). The Newark (Ohio) Daily Advocate, 20 Apr. 1883, describes an afterdinner speech made by Wilde in Paris about his experiences in the United States: "The brightest and best of the many stories he related was one to the effect that at a ball in Leadville he saw a notice over the piano which read: 'Please don't shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.' "

topic: Funny, Sarcasm, Piano Music, Piano Playing, Piano Lesson, Saloons, Playing Piano

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