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Oscar Wilde: I can resist...

Oscar Wilde: I can resist...

I can resist everything except temptation.

Source: Lord Darlington, in Lady...

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Oscar Wilde: The gods bestowed...

Oscar Wilde: The gods bestowed...

The gods bestowed on Max the gift of perpetual old age.

Source: Referring to Max...

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Oscar Wilde: Everybody who is...

Oscar Wilde: Everybody who is...

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Source: Vivian, in...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: For now I...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: For now I...

For now I see the true old times are dead,
When every morning brought a noble chance,
And every chance brought...

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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: Like glimpses of...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Like glimpses of...

Like glimpses of forgotten dreams.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed....

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: O friends, our...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: O friends, our...

O friends, our chief state-oracle is mute.

Source: Ode on the Death of the Duke of...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Ring out false...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Ring out false...

Ring out false pride in blood and place,
The civic slander and the spite.


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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: O mother Ida,...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: O mother Ida,...

O mother Ida, many-fountained Ida,
Dear mother Ida, harken ere I die.


Source:...

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William Shakespeare: The eagle suffers...

William Shakespeare: The eagle suffers...

The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby.


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Oscar Wilde: Please do not...

Oscar Wilde: Please do not...

Please do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.

Source: In Impressions of...

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Oscar Wilde: The whole theory...

Oscar Wilde: The whole theory...

The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no...

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Oscar Wilde: Nothing can cure...

Oscar Wilde: Nothing can cure...

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the...

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Oscar Wilde: It is better...

Oscar Wilde: It is better...

It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But. . . it is better to be good than to be...

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Oscar Wilde: Life, Lady Stutfield,...

Oscar Wilde: Life, Lady Stutfield,...

Life, Lady Stutfield, is simply a mauvais quart d'heure made up of exquisite moments.

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Oscar Wilde: Must we really...

Oscar Wilde: Must we really...

Must we really see Chicago in order to be educated?

Source: Mr. Erskine, in The...

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Oscar Wilde: If a man...

Oscar Wilde: If a man...

If a man needs an elaborate tombstone in order to remain in the memory of his country, it is clear that his living at...

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Oscar Wilde: The Governor was...

Oscar Wilde: The Governor was...

The Governor was strong upon
The Regulations Act:
The Doctor said that Death was but
A scientific...

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Oscar Wilde: In married life...

Oscar Wilde: In married life...

In married life three is company and two is none.

Source: The Importance of Being...

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Oscar Wilde: It is only...

Oscar Wilde: It is only...

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances.

Source: The Picture of...

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