Quotes

"But there is one thing worse than an absolutely loveless marriage. A marriage in which there is love, but on one side only; faith, but on one side only; devotion, but on one side only, and in which of the two hearts one is sure to be broken." ~ An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde "Ah! the strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can be analysed, women . . . merely adored." ~ An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde We must pass over a part of Mrs. Rebecca Crawley's biography with that lightness and delicacy which the world demands--the moral world, that has, perhaps, no particular objection to vice, but an insuperable repugnance to hearing vice called by its proper name. ~ Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray For his part, every beauty of art or nature made him thankful as well as happy, and that the pleasure to be had in listening to fine music, as in looking at the stars in the sky, or at a beautiful landscape or picture, was a benefit for which we might thank Heaven as sincerely as for any other worldly blessing. ~ Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray Anger's my meat; I sup upon myself,
And so shall starve with feeding. ~ Coriolanus by William Shakespeare Action is eloquence. ~ Coriolanus by William Shakespeare The mutable, rank-scented many . . . ~ Coriolanus by William Shakespeare Nature teaches beasts to know their friends. ~ Coriolanus by William Shakespeare "Moderation is a fatal thing, Lady Hunstanton. Nothing succeeds like excess." ~ A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde "After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations." ~ A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde