The best men are not consistent in good-- why should the worst men be consistent in evil. — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
No sensible man ever engages, unprepared, in a fencing match of words with a woman. — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
There are three things that none of the young men of the present generation can do.They can't sit over their wine;they can't… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
Except in this ignorant and material century, men have always worn precious stuffs and beautiful colours as well as women. — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
But I am a just man, even to my enemy - and I will acknowledge, beforehand, that they are cleverer brains than… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
Any woman who is sure of her own wits, is a match, at any time, for a man who is not sure… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
The fool's crime is the crime that is found out and the wise man's crime is the crime that is not found… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
She looked so irresistibly beautiful as she said those brave words that no man alive could have steel his heart against her. — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
Women can resist a man's love, a man's fame, a man's personal appearance, and a man's money, but they cannot resist a… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
If I ever meet with the man who fulfills my ideal, I shall make it a condition of the marriage settlement, that… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
Habits of literary composition are perfectly familiar to me. One of the rarest of all the intellectual accomplishments that a man can… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
Men little know when they say hard things to us how well we remember them, and how much harm they do us. — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
“There is nothing serious in mortality! Solomon in all his glory was Solomon with the elements of the contemptible lurking in every fold of… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share
“Let Lady Glyde's maid come in, Louis. Stop! Do her shoes creak?" I was obliged to ask the question. Creaking shoes invariably upset me… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share
Let the music speak to us of tonight, in a happier language than our own. — Wilkie Collins Copy Share
The woman who first gives life, light, and form to our shadowy conceptions of beauty, fills a void in our spiritual nature that has… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share
“I dread the beginning of her new life more than words can tell, but I see some hope for her if she travels -… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share
“It is quite possible that I may be altogether wrong in this idea. My own impression, however, is, that I am right.” — Wilkie Collins Copy Share
I sadly want a reform in the construction of children. Nature's only idea seems to be to make them machines for the production of… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share
Habits of literary composition are perfectly familiar to me. One of the rarest of all the intellectual accomplishments that a man can possess is… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share
“He has that quiet deference, that look of pleased, attentive interest, in listening to a woman, which, say what we may, we can none… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share
“It is not for you to say - you Englishmen, who have conquered your freedom so long ago, that you have conveniently forgotten what… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share
“Tell him next, that crimes cause their own detection. There's another bit of copy-book morality for you, Fosco. Crimes cause their own detection. What… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share
“Shall I confess it, Mr. Hartright? I sadly want a reform in the construction of children. Nature's only idea seems to be to make… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share
