There are two ways of disliking poetry; one way is to dislike it, the other is to read Pope

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Poetry Quotes

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal.

Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal.

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...

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

History is merely gossip

History is merely gossip

Seriousness is the last refuge of the shallow.

Seriousness is the last refuge of the shallow.

The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.

The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.

I am not young enough to know everything.

I am not young enough to know everything.

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...

There is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It is...

There is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It is...

Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It...

Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It...

Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.

Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

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...

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

The heart was made to be broken.

The heart was made to be broken.

Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but moulds it to its purpose....

Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but moulds it to its purpose....

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should...

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should...

We do not judge the people we love

We do not judge the people we love

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

There are two days in the week about which and upon which I never worry......

There are two days in the week about which and upon which I never worry......