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...

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

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.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.

Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.

Charity creates a multitude of sins. Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a...

Charity creates a multitude of sins. Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a...

Indeed, in many respects she was quite English and was an excellent example of the...

Indeed, in many respects she was quite English and was an excellent example of the...

These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.

These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.

Anybody can be good in the country

Anybody can be good in the country

Authority is quite degrading

Authority is quite degrading

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:...

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...

Her love was trembling in laughter on her lips.

Her love was trembling in laughter on her lips.

Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.

Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

To give and not expect return, that is what lies at the heart of love.

To give and not expect return, that is what lies at the heart of love.

I like men who have a future and women who have a past.

I like men who have a future and women who have a past.

Men like war: they do not hold much sway over birth, so they make up...

Men like war: they do not hold much sway over birth, so they make up...

A man is a very small thing, and the night is very large and full...

A man is a very small thing, and the night is very large and full...

The big mistake that men make is that when they turn thirteen or fourteen and...

The big mistake that men make is that when they turn thirteen or fourteen and...

Yet consider now, whether women are not quite past sense and reason, when they want...

Yet consider now, whether women are not quite past sense and reason, when they want...