In the old days books were written by men of letters and rea... - Oscar Wilde

This quote is attributed to Oscar Wilde.

"In the old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody."

Oscar Wilde Literature

Playwright Poet Irish 1854–1900

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"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."

"I can resist everything except temptation."

"The truth is rarely pure and never simple."

"The pen is mightier than the sword."

"Literature opens the mind to new worlds"

"The interesting thing about books is that they're made of words."

"Literature captures the essence of what it means to be human."