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Oscar Wilde: One is absolutely...

Oscar Wilde: One is absolutely...

One is absolutely sickened, not by the crimes that the wicked have committed, but by the punishments that the good...

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Oscar Wilde: From the point...

Oscar Wilde: From the point...

From the point of view of literature Mr. Kipling is a genius who drops his aspirates. From the point of view of life,...

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Oscar Wilde: The only thing...

Oscar Wilde: The only thing...

The only thing that one really knows about human nature is that it changes. Change is the one quality we can predicate...

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Oscar Wilde: The ugly and...

Oscar Wilde: The ugly and...

The ugly and the stupid have the best of it in this world. They can sit at their ease and gape at the play. If they...

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Oscar Wilde: A man who...

Oscar Wilde: A man who...

A man who moralises is usually a hypocrite, and a woman who moralises is invariably plain.

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Ogden Nash: Progress might've been...

Ogden Nash: Progress might've been...

Progress might've been alright once but it has gone on too long.

Source: In 1,911...

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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: When Ah itchez,<br>Ah...

Ogden Nash: When Ah itchez,
Ah...

When Ah itchez,
Ah scratchez.


Source: Requiem
-- Ogden Nash, (Aug 19...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Cast your cares...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Cast your cares...

Cast your cares on God; that anchor holds.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: God's finger touched...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: God's finger touched...

God's finger touched him, and he slept.

Source: In Memoriam, 85 (Note: the stanza...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: I do but...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: I do but...

I do but sing because I must,
And pipe but as the linnets sing.


Source: In...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Lead and I...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Lead and I...

Lead and I follow.

Source: Idylls of the King, `Gareth and Lynette', 726
--...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Ma?ybe she warn't...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Ma?ybe she warn't...

Ma?ybe she warn't a beauty:- I niver giv it a thowt.

Source: Northern Farmer. New...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control....

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control....

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control. These three alone lead life to sovereign...

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George Bernard Shaw: People always get...

George Bernard Shaw: People always get...

People always get tired of one another. I grow tired of myself whenever I am left alone for ten minutes, and I am...

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George Bernard Shaw: The most tragic...

George Bernard Shaw: The most tragic...

The most tragic thing in the world is a sick doctor.

Source: The Doctor's Dilemma,...

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James Matthew Barrie: Life is a...

James Matthew Barrie: Life is a...

Life is a cup of tea; the more heartily we drink the sooner we reach the dregs.

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James Matthew Barrie: Men's second childhood...

James Matthew Barrie: Men's second childhood...

Men's second childhood begins when a woman gets a hold of him.

Source: In The...

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William Shakespeare: I must go...

William Shakespeare: I must go...

I must go seek some dew-drops here,
And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear.


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William Shakespeare: I see you...

William Shakespeare: I see you...

I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,
Straining upon the start. The game's afoot:
Follow your spirit;...

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