Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
this woman is a genius in the day time and a beauty at night
There can be nothing more frequent than an occasional drink.
Indifference is the revenge the world takes on mediocrities.
I am one of those who are made for exceptions, not for laws.
He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.
There are few things easier than to live badly and die well.
Mr. Henry James writes fiction as if it were a painful duty.
The evolution of man is slow. The injustice of men is great.
I am a man of simple pleasures. The best suits me perfectly.
The Number our envious Persons, confirmation our capability.
Do not forget that small daily actions do or undo character.
No artist is ever morbid. The artist can express everything.
Something was dead in each of us, and what was dead was hope
Women's styles may change but their designs remain the same.
Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.
There are times when sorrow seems to me to be the only truth.
To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.
He knew the precise psychological moment when to say nothing.
However, it is always nice to be expected, and not to arrive.
They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty.
Each time that one loves is the only time one has ever loved.
I could deny it if I liked. I could deny anything if I liked.
An egg is always an adventure; the next one may be different.
I like looking at geniuses and listening to beautiful people.
One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.
I don't like novels that end happily. They depress me so much
Give me the luxuries and I can dispense with the necessities.
How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in?
Travel ennobles the spirit and does away with our prejudices.
Flowers are as common in the country as people are in London.
Nothing makes one so vain as being told that one is a sinner.
A simile committing suicide is always a depressing spectacle.
Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments
Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won't expect it back.
The girl never really lived, and so she has never really died.
If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.
To know anything about oneself one must know all about others.
I beg your pardon I didn't recognise you - I've changed a lot.
I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable.
To live in this world is a rare thing; most people just exist.
She doth mean the earth to me! By earth, I actually mean dust.
The universe is God. I am God so that means I am the universe.
Only the great masters of style ever succeed in being obscure.
The world has been made by fools that wise men may live in it.
One can always be kind to people about whom one cares nothing.
Frank Harris has been received in all the great houses - once.
There are only two kinds of women, the plain and the coloured.
Hard work is amply the refuge of those who have nothing to do.
The worst slave owners were those who were kind to their slaves
It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.