Oscar Wilde Quotes

A great poet, a really great poet, is the most unpoetical of all creatures. But inferior poets are absolutely fascinating.

Oscar Wilde

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• There was a verse that said if you are lukewarm rather than hot or cold, God will spit you out of his mouth on Judgment Day. And I felt like, I mean, I don't know. I'm lukewarm.

  

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• A great poet, a really great poet, is the most unpoetical of all creatures. But inferior poets are absolutely fascinating.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Great
  • Poet
  • Creatures