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

A man who marries his mistress leaves a vacancy in that position. – Oscar Wilde

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Men
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The community is infinitely more brutalised by the habitual employment of punishment than it is by the occasional occurrence of crime. – Oscar Wilde

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Torture
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Poetry
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I was very interested in American poetry for many years. Much less now. – Norman MacCaig

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Poetry

Humour is a fine line to walk in poetry, as in fiction. I just think its harder to write. Its harder to keep the respect of the reader too. – George Murray

Category:
Poetry

Everyone needs solitude, especially a person who is used to thinking about what she experiences. Solitude is very important in my work as a mode of inspiration, but isolation is not good in this respect. I am not writing poetry about isolation. – Wislawa Szymborska

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Poetry

No poem is easily grasped so why should any reader expect fast results? – John Barton

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Poetry

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