All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Oscar Wilde Quotes

A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he...

A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he...

You know what a woman's curiosity is.

You know what a woman's curiosity is.

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

Nature is always behind the age.

Nature is always behind the age.

To get back to my youth I would do anything in the world, except take...

To get back to my youth I would do anything in the world, except take...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that...

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that...

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in?

How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in?

We all live in the gutter but some of us are looking up at the...

We all live in the gutter but some of us are looking up at the...

When a love comes to an end, weaklings cry, efficient ones instantly find another love,...

When a love comes to an end, weaklings cry, efficient ones instantly find another love,...

A mans face is his autobiography. A women's face is her work of fiction.

A mans face is his autobiography. A women's face is her work of fiction.

There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with...

There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with...

By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We...

Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail,...

Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail,...

Let every man or woman here, if you never hear me again, remember this, that...

Let every man or woman here, if you never hear me again, remember this, that...