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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: On one side...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: On one side...

On one side lay the Ocean, and on one
Lay a great water, and the moon was full.


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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The old order...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The old order...

The old order changeth, yielding place to new,
And God fulfils Himself in many ways,
Lest one good custom should...

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William Wordsworth: All good poetry...

William Wordsworth: All good poetry...

All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in...

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William Wordsworth: That was the...

William Wordsworth: That was the...

That was the song - the song for me!

Source: O Nightingale.
-- William...

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Alexander Pope: The bookful blockhead,...

Alexander Pope: The bookful blockhead,...

The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read,
With loads of learned lumber in his head.


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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Knowledge comes, but...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Knowledge comes, but...

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

Source: Locksley Hall, 143.
-- Alfred, Lord...

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George Gordon Byron: But words are...

George Gordon Byron: But words are...

But words are things, and a small drop of ink,
Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces
That which makes...

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George Bernard Shaw: Changeable women are...

George Bernard Shaw: Changeable women are...

Changeable women are more enduring than monotonous ones. They are sometimes murdered but seldom...

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George Bernard Shaw: Even the fact...

George Bernard Shaw: Even the fact...

Even the fact that doctors themselves die of the very diseases they profess to cure passes unnoticed. We do not shoot...

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George Bernard Shaw: Here there is...

George Bernard Shaw: Here there is...

Here there is no hope, and consequently no duty, no work, nothing to be gained by praying, nothing to be lost by doing...

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George Bernard Shaw: It is the...

George Bernard Shaw: It is the...

It is the highest creatures who take the longest to mature, and are the most helpless during their...

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George Bernard Shaw: Man gives every...

George Bernard Shaw: Man gives every...

Man gives every reason for his conduct save one, every excuse for his crimes save one, every plea for his safety save...

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George Bernard Shaw: I've been offered...

George Bernard Shaw: I've been offered...

I've been offered titles, but I think they get one into disreputable company.

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George Bernard Shaw: Marriage is popular...

George Bernard Shaw: Marriage is popular...

Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of...

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Stanislaw Lec: The consumer's side...

Stanislaw Lec: The consumer's side...

The consumer's side of the coffin lid is never ostentatious.

Source: In 20,000...

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George Bernard Shaw: Taste: a quality...

George Bernard Shaw: Taste: a quality...

Taste: a quality possessed by persons without originality or moral courage.

Source:...

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George Bernard Shaw: People exaggerate the...

George Bernard Shaw: People exaggerate the...

People exaggerate the value of things they haven't got: everybody worships truth and unselfishness because they have...

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George Bernard Shaw: The fickleness of...

George Bernard Shaw: The fickleness of...

The fickleness of the women I love is only equalled by the infernal constancy of the women who love...

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George Bernard Shaw: The price of...

George Bernard Shaw: The price of...

The price of ability does not depend on merit, but on supply and demand.

Source: In...

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George Bernard Shaw: When our relatives...

George Bernard Shaw: When our relatives...

When our relatives are at home, we have to think of all their good points or it would be impossible to endure them....

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