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A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world. - Oscar Wilde (The Critic as Artist Quotes)

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.

Source:The Critic as Artist (1891); in Intentions (ed. Methuen & Co., 1911), Page 217
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  • Name: Oscar Wilde
  • Profession: Poet, Playwright
  • Born: October 16, 1854 - November 30, 1900
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