All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Oscar Wilde Quotes

Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot...

Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot...

It is very vulgar to talk about one's business. Only people like stockbrokers do that,...

It is very vulgar to talk about one's business. Only people like stockbrokers do that,...

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

They afterwards took me to a dancing saloon where I saw the only rational method...

They afterwards took me to a dancing saloon where I saw the only rational method...

How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.

How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live...

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live...

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is...

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is...

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

The worst form of tyranny the world has ever known the tyranny of the weak...

The worst form of tyranny the world has ever known the tyranny of the weak...

Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.

Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.

Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal.

Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal.

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always...

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always...

I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives....

I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives....

Those whom the gods love grow young.

Those whom the gods love grow young.

The secret of life is in art.

The secret of life is in art.

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or...

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies

To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies

Our generation doesnt knock on doors. We will call or text you to let you...

Our generation doesnt knock on doors. We will call or text you to let you...

Everyone believes in his youth that the world really began with him, and that all...

Everyone believes in his youth that the world really began with him, and that all...