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Hannah Cowley: O lord! your...

Hannah Cowley: O lord! your...

O lord! your wise men are the greatest fools upon earth; they reason about their enjoyments, and analyse their...

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Hannah Cowley: The charms that...

Hannah Cowley: The charms that...

The charms that heIped to catch the husband are generally laid by, one after another, till the lady grows a downright...

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Robert E Sherwood: He must be...

Robert E Sherwood: He must be...

He must be independent and brave, and sure of himself and of the importance of his work, because if he isn't he will...

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Christopher Hampton: I became a...

Christopher Hampton: I became a...

I became a virtuoso of deceit. It wasn't pleasure I was after, it was knowledge. I consulted the strictest moralists...

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Samuel Beckett: There's man all...

Samuel Beckett: There's man all...

There's man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet.

Source:...

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Thornton Wilder: Every good thing...

Thornton Wilder: Every good thing...

Every good thing in the world stands on the razor-edge of danger.

Source: Wriston's...

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Thornton Wilder: But there comes...

Thornton Wilder: But there comes...

But there comes a moment in everybody's life when he must decide whether he'll live among the human beings or not -- a...

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John Osborne: It is easy...

John Osborne: It is easy...

It is easy to answer the ultimate questions -- it saves you bothering with the immediate...

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John Webster: I saw him...

John Webster: I saw him...

I saw him even now going the way of all flesh, that is to say towards the kitchen.

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David Hare: Sudden resolutions, like...

David Hare: Sudden resolutions, like...

Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of mercury in a barometer, indicate little else than the variability of the...

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Aeschylus: There is no...

Aeschylus: There is no...

There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.

Source: In ...

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Wilson Mizner: The gent who...

Wilson Mizner: The gent who...

The gent who wakes up and finds himself a success hasn't been asleep.

Source: In...

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Oscar Wilde: In all pointed...

Oscar Wilde: In all pointed...

In all pointed sentences some degree of accuracy must be sacrificed to conciseness.

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Oscar Wilde: Moderation is a...

Oscar Wilde: Moderation is a...

Moderation is a fatal thing. . . . Nothing succeeds like excess.

Source: Lord...

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Oh blessed a...

Oh blessed a...

Oh blessed a thousand times the peasant who is born, eats and dies without anybody bothering about his...

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Life is something...

Life is something...

Life is something like a trumpet. If you don't put anything in, you won't get anything...

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But to me...

But to me...

But to me the actual sound of the words is all important; I feel always that the words complete the music and must...

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I am grateful...

I am grateful...

I am grateful that my horizons were not narrowed at the outset.

Source: c. 1981; in...

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Sara Teasdale: It is my...

Sara Teasdale: It is my...

It is my heart that makes my songs, not I.

Source: What Do I Care?, Flame and...

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George Herbert: Where your will...

George Herbert: Where your will...

Where your will is ready, your feet are light.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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