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

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

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Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one to take sides. We live in the age of the overworked, and the under-educated; the age in which people are so industrious that they become absolutely stupid. – Oscar Wilde

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

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Im not really one for fancy, big words and poetry, and the scriptwriters worked very hard on Paradise Lost to translate it. – Callan McAuliffe

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Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people. – Adrian Mitchell

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One of the things Ive always liked about my husband is hes very good at lots of stuff. He was an English teacher when I met him. He wrote poetry and played the guitar. As time went on, he decided to go into economics, so hes very analytical and mathematical in addition to his artsy side. – Ally Condie

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Still, language is resilient, and poetry when it is pressured simply goes underground. – Diane Wakoski

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