Quotes

But beauty and the lust for learning have yet to be allied. ~ Zuleika Dobson by Sir Max Beerbohm But the dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end. ~ Zuleika Dobson by Sir Max Beerbohm Rays from the sunrise drew forth the buds and stretched them into long stalks, lifted up sap in noiseless streams, opened petals, and sucked out scents in invisible jets and breathings. ~ Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity. ~ Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy That shabby corner of God's allotment where He lets the nettles grow, and where all unbaptized infants, notorious drunkards, suicides, and others of the conjecturally damned are laid. ~ Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy "You, and those like you, take your fill of pleasure on earth by making the life of such as me bitter and black with sorrow; and then it is a fine thing, when you have had enough of that, to think of securing your pleasure in heaven by becoming converted!" ~ Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy "If you lived in London, where the whole system is one of false good-fellowship, and you may know a man for twenty years without finding out that he hates you like poison, you would soon have your eyes opened. There we do unkind things in a kind way: we say bitter things in a sweet voice: we always give our friends chloroform when we tear them to pieces." ~ You Never Can Tell by George Bernard Shaw "I have always said that the great advantage of a hotel is that it's a refuge from home life, sir." ~ You Never Can Tell by George Bernard Shaw "O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frightened thee, that thou no more will weigh my eyelids down, and steep my senses in forgetfulness?" ~ Henry IV, Part Two by William Shakespeare "Well, thus we play the fools with the time, and the spirits of the wise sit in the clouds and mock us." ~ Henry IV, Part Two by William Shakespeare