Victorian Quotes

Quotes from various Victorian authors
 

Self-Determination

Submitted by scotese on Sat, 2008-09-06 14:20

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

Oscar Wilde
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A Child's Cry

Submitted by scotese on Mon, 2009-06-08 10:17

But the child's sob curses deeper in the silence than the strong man in his wrath!

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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In the Moment

Submitted by scotese on Mon, 2009-06-08 10:44

Light tomorrow with today!

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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48?

Submitted by scotese on Mon, 2009-06-08 10:46

My sun sets to raise again.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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Why die?

Submitted by scotese on Sat, 2008-09-06 14:23

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

Oscar Wilde
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Star Reaching

Submitted by doriso on Sun, 2010-09-12 20:50

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp. Or what's a heaven for?

Robert Browning
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Approaches to teaching

Submitted by mcmbyrnes on Sat, 2010-01-30 07:37

It being a part of Mrs. Pipchin's system not to encourage a child's mind to develop and expand itself like a young flower, but to open it by force like an oyster . . .

Charles Dickens

Dombey and Son

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Being True

Submitted by scotese on Sat, 2008-09-06 14:17

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.

Oscar Wilde
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Recreation of the Quality

Submitted by mcmbyrnes on Sat, 2010-01-30 08:45

Indeed, it may be laid down as a general principle, that the more extended the ancestry, the greater the amount of violence and vagabondism; for in ancient days those two amusements, combining a wholesome excitement with a promising means of repairing shattered fortunes, were at once the ennobling pursuit and the healthful recreation of the Quality of this land. Charles Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit

Charles Dickens

Martin Chuzzlewit

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To Continue a thought from Pride & Prejudice

Submitted by scotese on Sun, 2008-09-07 08:07

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling. To be natural is to be obvious, and to be obvious is to be inartistic.

Oscar Wilde
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