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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Surely, surely, slumber...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Surely, surely, slumber...

Surely, surely, slumber is more sweet than toil, the shore
Than labour in the deep mid-ocean, wind and wave and...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: There lives more...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: There lives more...

There lives more faith in honest doubt,
Believe me, than in half the creeds.


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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The woman's cause...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The woman's cause...

The woman's cause is man's: they rise or sink
Together.


Source: The Princess,...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The woods decay,...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The woods decay,...

The woods decay, the woods decay and fall,
The vapours weep their burthen to the ground,
Man comes and tills the...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Twilight and evening...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Twilight and evening...

Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
When I embark;...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Wearing the white...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Wearing the white...

Wearing the white flower of a blameless life.

Source: Idylls of the King,...

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Oscar Wilde: One can only...

Oscar Wilde: One can only...

One can only give an unbiased opinion about things that do not interest one, which is no doubt the reason an unbiased...

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Oscar Wilde: Life imitates art...

Oscar Wilde: Life imitates art...

Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Oscar Wilde: Some cause happiness...

Oscar Wilde: Some cause happiness...

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

Source: In...

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Oscar Wilde: The only thing...

Oscar Wilde: The only thing...

The only thing one can do with good advice is pass it on. It is never of any use to...

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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: When I was...

Oscar Wilde: When I was...

When I was young I used to think that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old, I know it...

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Oscar Wilde: Don't tell me...

Oscar Wilde: Don't tell me...

Don't tell me that you have exhausted Life. When a man says that, one knows that life has exhausted...

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Oscar Wilde: Action is the...

Oscar Wilde: Action is the...

Action is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.

Source: In The...

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Oscar Wilde: I can't help...

Oscar Wilde: I can't help...

I can't help detesting my relations. I suppose it comes from the fact that none of us can stand other people having...

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Oscar Wilde: The advantage of...

Oscar Wilde: The advantage of...

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.

Source: Lord Henry, in...

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Oscar Wilde: The Americans are...

Oscar Wilde: The Americans are...

The Americans are certainly hero-worshippers, and always take their heroes from the criminal...

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Oscar Wilde: Between men and...

Oscar Wilde: Between men and...

Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no...

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Oscar Wilde: Fathers should be...

Oscar Wilde: Fathers should be...

Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.

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Oscar Wilde: Conscience makes egotists...

Oscar Wilde: Conscience makes egotists...

Conscience makes egotists of us all.

Source: Lord Henry, in The Picture of Dorian...

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