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Alexander Pope: Chaste to her...

Alexander Pope: Chaste to her...

Chaste to her Husband, frank to all beside,
A teeming Mistress, but a barren Bride.


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Alexander Pope: It is with...

Alexander Pope: It is with...

It is with narrow-souled people as with narrow-necked bottles: the less they have in them, the more noise they make in...

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Alexander Pope: One thought of...

Alexander Pope: One thought of...

One thought of thee puts all the pomp to flight,
Priests, tapers, temples, swim before my...

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Alexander Pope: Lo, the poor...

Alexander Pope: Lo, the poor...

Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind
Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind;
His soul proud science...

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Alexander Pope: Ye gods! annihilate...

Alexander Pope: Ye gods! annihilate...

Ye gods! annihilate but space and time.
And make two lovers happy.


Source: The...

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Alexander Pope: You beat your...

Alexander Pope: You beat your...

You beat your Pate, and fancy Wit will come:
Knock as you please, there's no body at...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: From the great...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: From the great...

From the great deep to the great deep he goes.

Source: Idylls of the King, 'The...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A simple maiden...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A simple maiden...

A simple maiden in her flower
Is worth a hundred coats-of-arms.


Source: Lady...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: As thro' the...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: As thro' the...

As thro' the land at eve we went,
And plucked the ripened ears,
We fell out, my wife and I,
O we fell out I...

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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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William Wordsworth: We are laid...

William Wordsworth: We are laid...

We are laid asleep
In body, and become a living soul:
While with an eye made quiet by the power
Of harmony,...

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William Shakespeare: For my own...

William Shakespeare: For my own...

For my own part, it was Greek to me.

Source: Julius Caesar, I. i. (288).
--...

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William Shakespeare: O! Let me...

William Shakespeare: O! Let me...

O! Let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven!
Keep me in temper; I would not be mad.


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William Shakespeare: I am a...

William Shakespeare: I am a...

I am a kind of burr; I shall stick.

Source: Measure for Measure, IV. iii....

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William Shakespeare: Tis neither here...

William Shakespeare: Tis neither here...

'Tis neither here nor there.

Source: Othello, IV. iii. (59).
-- William...

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William Shakespeare: Reputation is an...

William Shakespeare: Reputation is an...

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without...

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William Shakespeare: Thy head is...

William Shakespeare: Thy head is...

Thy head is as full of quarrels as an egg is full of meat.

Source: Romeo and...

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George Bernard Shaw: Nothing is ever...

George Bernard Shaw: Nothing is ever...

Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill each other if it is not...

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George Bernard Shaw: The worst cliques...

George Bernard Shaw: The worst cliques...

The worst cliques are those which consist of one man.

Source: In Webster's...

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George Bernard Shaw: The most anxious...

George Bernard Shaw: The most anxious...

The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.

Source: Man and Superman, Maxims...

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