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The job of the critic is to report to us his moods.
Oscar Wilde
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Oscar Wilde
Age: 46 †
Born: 1854
Born: October 16
Died: 1900
Died: November 30
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The value of an idea has nothing whatever to do with the sincerity of the man who expresses it.
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It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.
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We have been able to have fine poetry in England because the public do not read it, and consequently do not influence it. The public like to insult poets because they are individual, but once they have insulted them, they leave them alone.
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