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George Bernard Shaw: Heaven, as conventionally...

George Bernard Shaw: Heaven, as conventionally...

Heaven, as conventionally conceived, is a place so inane, so dull, so useless, so miserable, that nobody has ever...

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Peter Drucker: Quality in a...

Peter Drucker: Quality in a...

Quality in a product or service is not what the supplier puts in. It is what the customer gets out and is willing to...

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Jean Anouilh: Propaganda is a...

Jean Anouilh: Propaganda is a...

Propaganda is a soft weapon; hold it in your hands too long, and it will move about like a snake, and strike the other...

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Jean Anouilh: There will always...

Jean Anouilh: There will always...

There will always be a lost dog somewhere that will keep me from being happy.

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Jean Anouilh: One cannot weep...

Jean Anouilh: One cannot weep...

One cannot weep for the entire world, it is beyond human strength. One must choose.

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Oscar Wilde: Technique is really...

Oscar Wilde: Technique is really...

Technique is really personality. That is the reason why the artist cannot teach it, why the pupil cannot learn it, and...

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James Matthew Barrie: As soon as...

James Matthew Barrie: As soon as...

As soon as you can say what you think, and not what some other person has thought for you, you are on the way to being...

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Oscar Wilde: The old believe...

Oscar Wilde: The old believe...

The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything.

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Oscar Wilde: Those whom the...

Oscar Wilde: Those whom the...

Those whom the gods love grow young.

Source: A Few Maxims for the Instruction of...

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Oscar Wilde: One should not...

Oscar Wilde: One should not...

One should not be too severe on English novels; they are the only relaxation of the intellectually...

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Oscar Wilde: Other people are...

Oscar Wilde: Other people are...

Other people are quite dreadful.
The only possible society is oneself.


Source:...

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Oscar Wilde: All costumes are...

Oscar Wilde: All costumes are...

All costumes are caricatures. The basis of Art is not the Fancy Ball.

Source: The...

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Ogden Nash: Some debts are...

Ogden Nash: Some debts are...

Some debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you set about retiring...

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Alexander Pope: Shut, shut the...

Alexander Pope: Shut, shut the...

Shut, shut the door, good John! fatigued I said.
Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead.
The dog-star...

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Alexander Pope: Statesman, yet friend...

Alexander Pope: Statesman, yet friend...

Statesman, yet friend to truth! of soul sincere
In action faithful, and in honour clear,
Who broke no promise,...

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Francis Quarles: Be wisely worldly,...

Francis Quarles: Be wisely worldly,...

Be wisely worldly, but not worldly wise.

Source: Emblems.
-- Francis Quarles,...

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G C Lichtenberg: Be wary of...

G C Lichtenberg: Be wary of...

Be wary of passing the judgment: obscure. To find something obscure poses no difficulty: elephants and poodles find...

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G C Lichtenberg: Man is always...

G C Lichtenberg: Man is always...

Man is always partial and is quite right to be. Even impartiality is partial.

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G C Lichtenberg: Much reading has...

G C Lichtenberg: Much reading has...

Much reading has brought upon us a learned barbarism.

Source: Aphorisms, Notebook...

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G C Lichtenberg: People often become...

G C Lichtenberg: People often become...

People often become scholars for the same reason they become soldiers: because they are unfit for any other station....

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