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Alexander Pope: For Forms of...

Alexander Pope: For Forms of...

For Forms of Government let fools contest;
Whate'er is best administer'd is best.


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Alexander Pope: Die of a...

Alexander Pope: Die of a...

Die of a rose in aromatic pain?

Source: An Essay on Man, I. 200
-- Alexander...

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Alexander Pope: Fame can never...

Alexander Pope: Fame can never...

Fame can never make us lie down contentedly on a deathbed.

Source: letter to...

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Alexander Pope: Lulled in the...

Alexander Pope: Lulled in the...

Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain; awake but one, and in,...

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Alexander Pope: Heav'n, as its...

Alexander Pope: Heav'n, as its...

Heav'n, as its purest gold, by tortures tried;
The saint sustained it, but the woman...

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Alexander Pope: One would not,...

Alexander Pope: One would not,...

One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead -
And, Betty, give this cheek a little...

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Alexander Pope: Stretched on the...

Alexander Pope: Stretched on the...

Stretched on the rack of a too easy chair.

Source: The Dunciad, Bk iv. 342
--...

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Alexander Pope: The spider's touch,...

Alexander Pope: The spider's touch,...

The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine!
Feels at each thread, and lives along the...

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Alexander Pope: True wit is...

Alexander Pope: True wit is...

True wit is nature to advantage dressed,
What oft was thought, but ne'er so well...

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Alexander Pope: Who breaks a...

Alexander Pope: Who breaks a...

Who breaks a butterfly on a wheel?

Source: Lord Hervey, in Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: . . ....

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: . . ....

. . . cling to Faith beyond the forms of Faith.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A maiden knight...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A maiden knight...

A maiden knight - to me is given
Such hope, I know not fear.


Source: Sir...

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William Shakespeare: She hath more...

William Shakespeare: She hath more...

She hath more hair than wit, and more faults than hairs, and more wealth than faults.

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Jean Anouilh: Oh, love is...

Jean Anouilh: Oh, love is...

Oh, love is real enough, you will find it some day, but it has one arch-enemy - and that is...

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Oscar Wilde: I don't want...

Oscar Wilde: I don't want...

I don't want money. It is only people who pay their bills who want that, and I never pay...

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Oscar Wilde: There is no...

Oscar Wilde: There is no...

There is no such thing as morality or immorality in thought. There is immoral emotion.

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Oscar Wilde: The secret of...

Oscar Wilde: The secret of...

The secret of life is never to have an emotion that is unbecoming.

Source: In...

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Oscar Wilde: An acquaintance that...

Oscar Wilde: An acquaintance that...

An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship.

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Oscar Wilde: No publisher should...

Oscar Wilde: No publisher should...

No publisher should ever express an opinion on the value of what he publishes. That is a matter entirely for the...

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Oscar Wilde: It is absurd...

Oscar Wilde: It is absurd...

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.

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