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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: So careful of...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: So careful of...

So careful of the type she seems,
So careless of the single life.


Source: In...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Revolts, republics, revolutions,...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Revolts, republics, revolutions,...

Revolts, republics, revolutions, most
No graver than a schoolboy's barring out.


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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The long day...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The long day...

The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep
Moans round with many voices.


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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: She only said,...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: She only said,...

She only said, `My life is dreary,
He cometh not,' she said:
She said, `I am aweary, aweary,
I would that I...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The lion on...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The lion on...

The lion on your old stone gates
Is not more cold to you than I.


Source: Lady...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: There is no...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: There is no...

There is no joy but calm!

Source: The Lotos-Eaters, `Choric Song', 2
-- Alfred,...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: They praised him...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: They praised him...

They praised him to his face
with their courtly foreign grace.


Source: The...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Truth-teller was our...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Truth-teller was our...

Truth-teller was our England's Alfred named.

Source: Ode on the Death of the Duke...

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Oscar Wilde: Nothing is good...

Oscar Wilde: Nothing is good...

Nothing is good in moderation. You cannot know good in anything until you have torn the heart out of it by...

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Oscar Wilde: Ordinary riches can...

Oscar Wilde: Ordinary riches can...

Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken...

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Oscar Wilde: America is the...

Oscar Wilde: America is the...

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in...

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Oscar Wilde: Of course the...

Oscar Wilde: Of course the...

Of course the music is a great difficulty. You see, if one plays good music, people don't listen, and if one plays bad...

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Oscar Wilde: I put all...

Oscar Wilde: I put all...

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.

Source: In...

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Oscar Wilde: Lots of people...

Oscar Wilde: Lots of people...

Lots of people act well, but few people talk well. This shows that talking is the more difficult of the...

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Oscar Wilde: I'm sure I...

Oscar Wilde: I'm sure I...

I'm sure I don't know half the people who come to my house. Indeed, from all I hear, I shouldn't like...

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Oscar Wilde: How clever you...

Oscar Wilde: How clever you...

How clever you are, my dear! You never mean a single word you say.

Source: Lady...

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Oscar Wilde: The husbands of...

Oscar Wilde: The husbands of...

The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes.

Source: Lord...

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Oscar Wilde: Discontent is the...

Oscar Wilde: Discontent is the...

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.

Source: Lord...

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Oscar Wilde: And yet, and...

Oscar Wilde: And yet, and...

And yet, and yet,
These Christs that die upon the barricades,
God knows it I am with them, in some...

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Oscar Wilde: No woman should...

Oscar Wilde: No woman should...

No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.

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