Famous quotes by Dramatists

Small: When you see a woman who can go nowhere without a staff of admirers, it is not so much because they think she
"When you see a woman who can go nowhere without a staff of admirers, it is not so much because they think she is beautiful, it is because she has told them they are handsome"
Jean Giraudoux, Dramatist
Small: I have everything, yet have nothing and although I possess nothing, still of nothing am I in want
"I have everything, yet have nothing; and although I possess nothing, still of nothing am I in want"
Jean Racine, Dramatist
Small: All cats are grey in the dark
"All cats are grey in the dark"
Thomas Lodge, Dramatist
Small: The kind of doctor I want is one who when hes not examining me is home studying medicine
"The kind of doctor I want is one who when he's not examining me is home studying medicine"
George S. Kaufman, Dramatist
Small: Woman begins by resisting a mans advances and ends by blocking his retreat
Oscar Wilde
"Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: The basis of optimism is sheer terror
Oscar Wilde
"The basis of optimism is sheer terror"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating
Oscar Wilde
"No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation
Oscar Wilde
"One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: Women are made to be loved, not understood
Oscar Wilde
"Women are made to be loved, not understood"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up
Oscar Wilde
"There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable
Oscar Wilde
"Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative
Oscar Wilde
"Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune to lose both looks like carelessness
Oscar Wilde
"To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us
Oscar Wilde
"Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last
Oscar Wilde
"This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers
Oscar Wilde
"When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: There is always something infinitely mean about other peoples tragedies
Oscar Wilde
"There is always something infinitely mean about other people's tragedies"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates
Oscar Wilde
"The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit
Oscar Wilde
"Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: Ordinary riches can be stolen real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be t
Oscar Wilde
"Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: No man is rich enough to buy back his past
Oscar Wilde
"No man is rich enough to buy back his past"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike
Oscar Wilde
"Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: It is always the unreadable that occurs
Oscar Wilde
"It is always the unreadable that occurs"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all
Oscar Wilde
"If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tra
Oscar Wilde
"I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train
Oscar Wilde
"I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes
Oscar Wilde
"Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: Biography lends to death a new terror
Oscar Wilde
"Biography lends to death a new terror"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion
Oscar Wilde
"Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there
Oscar Wilde
"Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist