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England Quotes by Oscar Wilde
- He was a hero to his valet, who bullied him, and a terror to most of his relations, whom he bullied in turn. Only England…
- In England it is enough for a man to try and produce any serious, beautiful work to lose all his rights as a citizen.
- Thinking is the most unhealthy thing in the world, and people die of it just as they die of any other disease. Fortunately, in England…
- The English public takes no interest in a work of art until it is told that the work in question is immoral.
- In England, an inventor is regarded almost as a crazy man, and in too many instances invention ends in disappointment and poverty. In America, an…
- There is something tragic about the enormous number of young men there are in England at the present moment who start life with perfect profiles,…
- In spite of the roaring of the young lions at the Union, and the screaming of the rabbits in the home of the vivisect, in…
- Walt Whitman and Emerson are the poets who have given the world more than anyone else. Perhaps Whitman is not so widely read in England,…
- We have been able to have fine poetry in England because the public do not read it, and consequently do not influence it. The public…
- I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone.…
- In England ... education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and would probably lead…
- Thinking is the most unhealthy thing in the world, and people die of it just as they die of any other disease. Fortunately, in England…
More England Quotes
- But, actually, so many of the clerics that I've met, particularly the Church of England clerics, are people of such extraordinary smugness… — Rowan Atkinson
- You know there are no secrets in America. It's quite different in England, where people think of a secret as a shared… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too much. I can see myself doing it.… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- I mean the interesting thing I think would be if something happened like, what happened in England where all these kids that… — Lester Bangs
- Let us never forget this: since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of the defense… — Stanley Baldwin
- I came to live in Shepperton in 1960. I thought: the future isn't in the metropolitan areas of London. I want to… — J. G. Ballard
- I love scoring goals for England and playing for England. That's one of the reasons I didn't retire - I love playing… — David Beckham
- We stay as a team. I might be England captain, but that doesn't mean I get treated differently. — David Beckham
- In England, David and I are big fish in a small pond. But in L.A., we are tiny, tiny, tiny fish in… — Victoria Beckham
- The destruction of India's village system was the greatest of England's blunders. — Annie Besant
- My private life is very private, and I have chosen not to live in America or England, where you are so exposed… — Juliette Binoche
- I love England. It's no coincidence it's the first place I moved to for a more cosmopolitan life, which is the only… — Bjork