Quote by Oscar Wilde
A poet can survive anything but a misprint. - Oscar Wilde

A poet can survive anything but a misprint. – Oscar Wilde

Other quotes by Oscar Wilde

There is luxury in self-reproach…. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us. – Oscar Wilde

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Self
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I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself. – Oscar Wilde

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good
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I find a lot of poetry to be narcissistic. – Joni Mitchell

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Poetry

One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music. – Stephen Sondheim

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Poetry

I definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry. – Diane Wakoski

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Poetry

I was influenced by surrealist poetry and painting as were thousands of other people, and it seems to me to have become a part of the way I write, but its not. – Kenneth Koch

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Poetry

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Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself. – William Butler Yeats

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Self-Discovery

The truth is that we live out our lives putting off all that can be put off perhaps we all know deep down that we are immortal and that sooner or later all men will do and know all things. – Jorge Luis Borges

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Truth

For days after death hair and fingernails continue to grow, but phone calls taper off. – Johnny Carson

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Death

Its amazing how I can just ramble on for hours, isnt it? And so unentertaining or uninteresting. But I can ramble on for hours. Its a sort of terrible gift, isnt it? – Graham Norton

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amazing