{"product_id":"the-truth-wilde-literary-t-shirt","title":"The Truth — Wilde Literary T-Shirt","description":"\u003cp\u003eA literary quote t-shirt featuring Oscar Wilde's \"The truth is rarely pure and never simple.\" from The Importance of Being Earnest (1895). Literary apparel by Quoteiac.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOscar Wilde\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The truth is rarely pure and never simple.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWilde gave this line to Algernon in Act I of \u003cem\u003eThe Importance of Being Earnest\u003c\/em\u003e — a drawing-room comedy where everyone is performing something and the sharpest observations arrive dressed as small talk. Algernon says it as if it's obvious. It is. That's the whole joke. That's also the whole point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe line gets called cynicism. It isn't. It's precision. Life is complicated. The people who pretend otherwise are either very fortunate or not being honest — and most of the time, both.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou've known this longer than you've had words for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you've ever:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWatched a straightforward explanation collapse the moment someone pushed on it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeen the person in the room who noticed what wasn't being said\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFelt more comfortable with a paradox than with a tidy answer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Design\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe enso — a single open brushstroke, drawn in one motion and left intentionally unclosed — holds the quote without containing it. The gap in the circle does the same thing Wilde's line does: refuses to let you close the loop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso in the Oscar Wilde collection: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/the-genius-exception-wilde-literary-t-shirt\"\u003eThe Genius Exception Tee\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/the-last-refuge-wilde-literary-t-shirt\"\u003eThe Last Refuge Tee\u003c\/a\u003e. Browse the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/collections\/oscar-wilde\"\u003efull Oscar Wilde collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout This Tee\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnisex relaxed fit — wears true to size, comfortable across the chest\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e100% combed and ring-spun cotton (heather colors contain polyester)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFabric weight: 4.2 oz\/yd²\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSide-seamed construction keeps its shape\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePre-shrunk\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMachine wash cold, tumble dry low\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuoteiac logo on sleeve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho It's For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe one who stopped expecting simple answers a long time ago. The person who finds more honesty in a paradox than in a resolution. Anyone who knows that \"it's complicated\" is the most accurate thing most people will ever say.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWear what's actually true.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eOscar Wilde, in Plain English\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLived: 1854–1900, Dublin and London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe Importance of Being Earnest\u003c\/em\u003e opened in February 1895; Wilde was arrested two months later, charged with gross indecency\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHe wrote the play in three weeks. It ran for 83 performances before the scandal shut everything down\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHe died in a Paris hotel room at 46, broke — his last recorded words were reportedly about the wallpaper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSize Chart (Bella + Canvas)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eSize\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eWidth (in)\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eLength (in)\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eXS\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.5\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e27\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eS\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e28\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eM\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e29\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eL\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e30\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eXL\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e24\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e31\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2XL\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e26\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e32\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Quoteiac","offers":[{"title":"XS","offer_id":42812931473502,"sku":"3826110_9527","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"S","offer_id":42812931506270,"sku":"3826110_4016","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"M","offer_id":42812931539038,"sku":"3826110_4017","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":42812931571806,"sku":"3826110_4018","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":42812931604574,"sku":"3826110_4019","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2XL","offer_id":42812931637342,"sku":"3826110_4020","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0554\/8664\/4318\/files\/The_Truth_Oscar_Wilde_Tee.png?v=1780085782","url":"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/the-truth-wilde-literary-t-shirt","provider":"Quoteiac","version":"1.0","type":"link"}