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He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poe

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

Other quotes by Oscar Wilde

There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love. – Oscar Wilde

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Love
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Oscar Wilde
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I know not whether Laws be right or whether Laws be wrong; all that we know who live in gaol is that the wall is strong; and that each day is like a year, a year whose days are long. – Oscar Wilde

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Prison
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Oscar Wilde
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He must have a truly romantic nature, for he weeps when there is nothing at all to weep about. – Oscar Wilde

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Romance
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Oscar Wilde
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Other Quotes from
Poetry
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Why should poetry have to make sense? – Charlie Chaplin

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Poetry

The poetry of a given age teaches us less what it has, than what it wants and what it loves. It is a living medal, where the concavities in the die are transformed into convexities on the bronze or gold. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847)

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Poetry

Poetry is rather an approach to things, to life, than it is typographical production. – Joseph Brodsky

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Poetry

I did not have a very literary background. I came to poetry from the sciences and mathematics, and also through an interest in Japanese and Chinese poetry in translation. – Robert Morgan

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Poetry

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