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Ogden Nash: One would be...

Ogden Nash: One would be...

One would be in less danger
From the wiles of the stranger
If one's own kin and kith
Were more fun to be...

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Ogden Nash: In real life,...

Ogden Nash: In real life,...

In real life, it takes only one to make a quarrel.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Ogden Nash: And one of...

Ogden Nash: And one of...

And one of his partners asked Has he vertigo? and the other glanced out and down and said Oh no, only about ten feet...

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Ogden Nash: Why did the...

Ogden Nash: Why did the...

Why did the Lord give us so much quickness of movement unless it was to avoid...

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Ogden Nash: Middle-aged life is...

Ogden Nash: Middle-aged life is...

Middle-aged life is merry, and I love to lead it.

Source: Peekaboo, I almost See...

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Ogden Nash: Basketball, a game...

Ogden Nash: Basketball, a game...

Basketball, a game which won't be fit for people until they set the basket umbilicus-high and return the giraffes to...

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Oscar Wilde: The Bostonians take...

Oscar Wilde: The Bostonians take...

The Bostonians take their learning too sadly: culture with them is an accomplishment rather than an atmosphere; their...

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Oscar Wilde: As for begging,...

Oscar Wilde: As for begging,...

As for begging, it is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to beg.

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Oscar Wilde: Every great man...

Oscar Wilde: Every great man...

Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is usually Judas who writes the...

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Oscar Wilde: There is no...

Oscar Wilde: There is no...

There is no sin except stupidity.

Source: Gilbert, in The Critic as Artist, pt. 2...

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Oscar Wilde: Everyone is born...

Oscar Wilde: Everyone is born...

Everyone is born a king, and most people die in exile.

Source: In Webster's...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Dear as remembered...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Dear as remembered...

Dear as remembered kisses after death,
And sweet as those by hopeless fancy feign'd
On lips that are for others:...

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William Shakespeare: What's gone and...

William Shakespeare: What's gone and...

What's gone and what's past help
Should be past grief.


Source: The Winter's...

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Alexander Pope: To be angry...

Alexander Pope: To be angry...

To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.

Source: In The...

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Alexander Pope: Virtuous and vicious...

Alexander Pope: Virtuous and vicious...

Virtuous and vicious everyone must be; few in extremes, but all in degree.

Source:...

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Alexander Pope: True friendship's laws...

Alexander Pope: True friendship's laws...

True friendship's laws are by this rule expressed,
Welcome the coming, speed the parting...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A critic is...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A critic is...

A critic is a louse in the locks of literature.

Source:
-- Alfred, Lord...

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Oscar Wilde: Genius is born,...

Oscar Wilde: Genius is born,...

Genius is born, not paid.

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

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Oscar Wilde: It is a...

Oscar Wilde: It is a...

It is a very sad thing nowadays that there is so little useless information.

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Oscar Wilde: Nothing is good...

Oscar Wilde: Nothing is good...

Nothing is good in moderation. You cannot know good in anything until you have torn the heart out of it by...

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