All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment...

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment...

Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing

Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing

The face of the enemy frightens me only when I see how much it resembles...

The face of the enemy frightens me only when I see how much it resembles...

In examinations, the foolish ask questions the wise cannot answer.

In examinations, the foolish ask questions the wise cannot answer.

There is no sin except stupidity.

There is no sin except stupidity.

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

The only way a woman can ever reform her husband is by boring him so...

The only way a woman can ever reform her husband is by boring him so...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

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...

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to...

While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to...

To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance

To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance

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.

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

Between the covers of the books that no one had ever read again, in the...

Between the covers of the books that no one had ever read again, in the...

A good word is like a good tree whose root is firmly fixed and whose...

A good word is like a good tree whose root is firmly fixed and whose...