Quotes from English literature. 1. Ralph Waldo Emerson said: “I can find my
biography in every fable that I read.” US essayist & poet (1803 - 1882). 2. Truman
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Quotes from English literature 1. Ralph Waldo Emerson said: “I can find my biography in every fable that I read.” US essayist & poet (1803 - 1882) 2. Truman Capote said: “All literature is gossip.” US author (1924 - 1984)
3. Truman Capote said: “Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.” US author (1924 - 1984)
4. Agatha Christie said: The best time to plan a book is while you're doing the dishes. English mystery author (1890 - 1976)
5. Mark Twain said: “A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.” US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910)
6. Mark Twain said: “Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.” US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910) 7. G. K. Chesterton said: “A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.” English author & mystery novelist (1874 - 1936) 8. G. K. Chesterton said: “There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.” English author & mystery novelist (1874 - 1936)
9. Oscar Wilde said: “I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.” Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900)
10.George Bernard Shaw said: “A fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic.” Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950)
11.George Bernard Shaw said: “Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.” Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950)
12.Robert Frost said: “A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom”. US poet (1874 1963)
13.Robert Frost said: “I'm against a homogenized society, because I want the cream to rise”. US poet (1874 - 1963) 14.Robert Frost said: “Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.” US poet (1874 - 1963)
15.William Shakespeare said: “The love of heaven makes one heavenly.” Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 - 1616)
16.William Shakespeare said: “And when love speaks, the voice of all the gods makes heaven drowsy with the harmony.” Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 - 1616) 17.J. R. R. Tolkien said: “It's a job that's never started that takes the longest to finish.” British scholar & fantasy novelist (1892 - 1973)
18.J. R. R. Tolkien said: Little by little, one travels far. British scholar & fantasy novelist (1892 - 1973)
19.Samuel Johnson said “Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind.” English author, critic, & lexicographer (1709 - 1784) 20.Samuel Johnson said “Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.” English author, critic, & lexicographer (1709 - 1784)
