New Delhi, Aug. 25 -- "The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future." - Oscar Wilde.

People are often quick to sort each other into different categories, the good or the bad, the black and white, failing to acknowledge that life is rarely this simple. Reputation is a snapshot, not the whole story.

The quote above is from Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde. In particular, it comes from his 1893 play A Woman of No Importance, a work brimming with themes of hypocrisy, reputation, and the double standards of respectable society.

Wilde gained notoriety through his plays, essays and epigrams, and is now known as one of the English language's most influential and quotabl...