All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Oscar Wilde Quotes

I don't like compliments, and I don't see why a man should think he is...

I don't like compliments, and I don't see why a man should think he is...

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it....

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it....

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

The secret of life is in art.

The secret of life is in art.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

I am not young enough to know everything.

I am not young enough to know everything.

I don't like compliments, and I don't see why a man should think he is...

I don't like compliments, and I don't see why a man should think he is...

Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of...

Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of...

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

Selfishness is not living as one wisheThe cynic knows the price of everything and the...

Selfishness is not living as one wisheThe cynic knows the price of everything and the...

I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.

I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.

The world has been made by fools that men should live in it

The world has been made by fools that men should live in it

Friendship is far more tragic than love, it lasts longer.

Friendship is far more tragic than love, it lasts longer.

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...

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation

In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than...

In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than...

Everything popular is wrong.

Everything popular is wrong.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

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...