Quotes

Representatives of society and of art graciously mingled, since it is discovered that it is easier to make art fashionable than to make fashion artistic. ~ The Golden House by Charles Dudley Warner The complex affair we call the world requires a great variety of people to keep it going. ~ The Golden House by Charles Dudley Warner "Being a husband is a whole-time job. That's why so many husbands fail. They can't give their entire attention to it." ~ The Title by Arnold Bennett "Journalists say a thing that they know isn't true, in the hope that if they keep on saying it long enough it will be true." ~ The Title by Arnold Bennett His knowledge was greater than his wisdom, and his powers were far superior to his character. ~ The Leather Funnel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle "The charlatan is always the pioneer. From the astrologer came the astronomer, from the alchemist the chemist, from the mesmerist the experimental psychologist. The quack of yesterday is the professor of tomorrow." ~ The Leather Funnel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle I have learned never to ridicule any man's opinion, however strange it may seem. ~ The Captain of the Polestar by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle All this disquisition upon superstition leads me up to the fact that Mr. Manson, our second mate, saw a ghost last night--or, at least, says that he did, which of course is the same thing. ~ The Captain of the Polestar by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Picnics are very dear to those who are in the first stage of the tender passion. ~ Our Derby Sweepstakes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Brothers are a blessing for one thing. There is no possibility of any young lady getting unreasonably conceited if she be endowed with them. ~ Our Derby Sweepstakes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle