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«He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Character,
Confidence,
Courage,
Life,
Poets,
Risk,
Writers
| Keywords:
After life, come to life, dare, Get A Life, lives, not, On Writing, others, poetry, realise, that, they, The Others, This Is Your Life, To be written, write, write of, write out
«I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Egotism,
Gossip,
Self awareness,
witty
| Keywords:
all, as we say, at all, back, backed up, backing, back out, back to back, behind, behinds, conceited, far, from way back, furthest, get behind, knowing, like, makes, making known, On Our Backs, people, say, Say Any, take back, too, WHAT
«When a love comes to an end, weaklings cry, efficient ones instantly find another love, and the wise already have one in reserve.»
«The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Fanaticism,
Sincerity,
Vice
| Keywords:
at the worst, fanatic, sincerity, vice, worst
«No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Beauty,
Circumstances,
Ugliness
| Keywords:
beautiful, certain, conditions, in condition, look, object, objected, ugliest, ugly, under
«If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Reading
| Keywords:
again, all, at all, book, booked, Book One, book up, enjoy, For No One, in no way, in use, no., no, noes, now and again, No 1, No Way Out, one, one use, on the books, out of use, over, over again, over and over, over and over again, reading, readings, Read only, there, there is, There is no, The Used, use, used up, use up, using up
«Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
already, else, everyone else, taken, taken over, taking over| Occasions:
T-Shirt
«All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Charm,
Selfishness,
Self Importance
| Keywords:
attraction, charmed, charming, fancied, fanciest, fancy, fancying, people, secret, spoiled, spoiling, spoilt, their, The Attractions
«Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.»
«I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.»
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