He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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The supreme object of life is to live. Few people live. It is true life...

The supreme object of life is to live. Few people live. It is true life...

I have met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but you're twenty minutes.

I have met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but you're twenty minutes.

Shallow sorrows and shallow loves live on. The loves and sorrows that are great are...

Shallow sorrows and shallow loves live on. The loves and sorrows that are great are...

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When...

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When...

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...

Hatred is blind, as well as love.

Hatred is blind, as well as love.

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will...

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will...

Action is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.

Action is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.

Nature is always behind the age.

Nature is always behind the age.

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry,...

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry,...

As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she...

As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she...

If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

True love is like a pair of socks: you gotta have two and they've gotta...

True love is like a pair of socks: you gotta have two and they've gotta...

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

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...

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

The only routine with me is no routine at all.

The only routine with me is no routine at all.