Oscar Wilde Quote

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.

Essays and stories, by Lady Wilde (Speranza) (ed. 1907)

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...

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...

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...

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...