Quotes by Dramatists

Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a joy for all seasons, a possession for all eternity. Oscar Wilde
Beautiful Time Joy Beauty Fall Philosophies Possession Follow Only Like Another The Only Thing Cannot Sand Eternity Away Seasons Thing Creeds Harm
Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter. Oscar Wilde
Feeling Every Sitter Artist Painted Portrait
A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal. Oscar Wilde
Great Dangerous Great Deal Dangerous Thing Absolutely Sincerity Deal Little Thing Fatal
One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be. Oscar Wilde
Will Prison Learns Many Lessons Things
Luck is believing you're lucky. Tennessee Williams
You Luck Lucky Believing
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving. William Shakespeare
Lost Reputation Merit Most Without Got Idle Imposition False Oft Deserving
The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can't find them, make them. George Bernard Shaw
People World Circumstances Find Look Make Up Get Want Them Who
Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less. Oscar Wilde
Man Sometimes Starving Recommend Eat Thrift Thrifty Both Like Advising Insulting Praised Being Poor Grotesque Less Who
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist. Oscar Wilde
Great Great Artist Would Sees He Cease Did Artist Really Ever Things
Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative. Oscar Wilde
Conversation Weather About Refuge Unimaginative Last
The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel. George Bernard Shaw
Man Woman Quarrel How Test Behave Breeding
Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get. George Bernard Shaw
You Care Will Take Take Care Like Forced Get
You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you have never had the courage to commit. Oscar Wilde
Me You Courage Will Fond Never Had Always Sins Commit Represent
Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both. Oscar Wilde
Pessimist Evils Both He Choice Chooses Who Two
Work is the curse of the drinking classes. Oscar Wilde
Work Drinking Classes Curse
How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being. Oscar Wilde
Relationship Man Be Happy Woman Happy Human Being Insists Perfectly She How Were Normal Expected Human Being Who Her Treating
Obviously, you would give your life for your children, or give them the last biscuit on the plate. But to me, the trick in life is to take that sense of generosity between kin, make it apply to the extended family and to your neighbour, your village and beyond. Tom Stoppard
Life Family Me You Sense Neighbour Kin Trick Would Give Take Generosity Between Beyond Obviously Make Children Them Your Plate Village Extended Extended Family Apply Last
Nothing can come of nothing. William Shakespeare
Nothing Come
The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its shell. Zora Neale Hurston
Future Past Inside Had Shell Egg Laid Present
A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him. Brendan Behan
Love Man Woman Him Halfway Any Listens Who
Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it. Jules Renard
Inspirational You Waiting Action Everything Out Take Also Get Want Wants Ask
When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is. Oscar Wilde
Life Money Old Thought Important Young Know Most Most Important Thing Am Important Thing The Most Important Now Thing
The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream. William Shakespeare
Dream Shadow Merely Ambitious Very Substance
What's done can't be undone. William Shakespeare
Undone Done
The love of heaven makes one heavenly. William Shakespeare
Love Faith Makes Heaven Heavenly
If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks. Brendan Behan
Out Would Saint Patrick's Day Go Soup Irish Forks Raining
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