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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

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to. – Oscar Wilde

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Self-Control
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Oscar Wilde
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I never saw a man who looked with such a wistful eye upon that little tent of blue which prisoners call the sky. – Oscar Wilde

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Sky & Clouds
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Oscar Wilde
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Poetry
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As a poet there is only one political duty, and that is to defend ones language against corruption. When it is corrupted, people lose faith in what they hear and this leads to violence. – W. H. Auden

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Poetry

Poetry is a special use of language that opens onto the real. The business of the poet is truth telling, which is why in the Celtic tradition no one could be a teacher unless he or she was a poet. – Huston Smith

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Poetry

The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth. – Jean Cocteau

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Poetry

I can find some way to make poetry out of my lifes experiences. – Shelby Lynne

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Poetry

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