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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: This is my...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: This is my...

This is my son, mine own Telemachus.

Source: Ulysses, 33
-- Alfred, Lord...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: This truth within...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: This truth within...

This truth within thy mind rehearse,
That in a boundless universe
Is boundless better, boundless...

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Oscar Wilde: It is only...

Oscar Wilde: It is only...

It is only fair to state, with regard to modern journalists, that they always apologize to one in private for what...

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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: Self-denial is the...

Oscar Wilde: Self-denial is the...

Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity.

Source: In...

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Oscar Wilde: I do not...

Oscar Wilde: I do not...

I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it...

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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: The salesman knows...

Oscar Wilde: The salesman knows...

The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for...

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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: Dear Frank, we...

Oscar Wilde: Dear Frank, we...

Dear Frank, we believe you; you have dined in every house in London - once.

Source:...

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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: As a wicked...

Oscar Wilde: As a wicked...

As a wicked man I am a complete failure. Why, there are lots of people who say I have never really done anything wrong...

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Oscar Wilde: I adore political...

Oscar Wilde: I adore political...

I adore political parties. They are the only place left to us where people don't talk...

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Oscar Wilde: All Art is...

Oscar Wilde: All Art is...

All Art is quite useless.

Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray, Preface
-- Oscar...

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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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Ogden Nash: Every New Year...

Ogden Nash: Every New Year...

Every New Year is the direct descendant, isn't it, of a long line of proven criminals?

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Ogden Nash: I do not...

Ogden Nash: I do not...

I do not like to get the news, because there has never been an era when so many things were going so right for so many...

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Ogden Nash: One would be...

Ogden Nash: One would be...

One would be in less danger
From the wiles of the stranger
If one's own kin and kith
Were more fun to be...

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Ogden Nash: If you don't...

Ogden Nash: If you don't...

If you don't want to work, you have to work to earn enough money so that you won't have to...

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Ogden Nash: In real life,...

Ogden Nash: In real life,...

In real life, it takes only one to make a quarrel.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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