Language Quote by Matthew Engel

Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things.

— Anonymous

I kind of have a Victorian sensibility - I don't understand stuff until I can classify it and name it.

— Fred Tomaselli

We, while noting many things amiss about Victorian society, more often sense them judging us.

— A. N. Wilson

The core character of Victorians is one of aspiration and ambition, and Victorians have, since first settlement days... demonstrated that core character over and…

— Ted Baillieu

For those who reject it, the Victorian experience is something to feel embarrassed about, to apologise for, to escape from, and never to repeat.…

— David Cannadine

“There are two main traditions of English writing: the one of perfect liberty, that of Chaucer and Shakespeare, completely outspoken, with a certain liking…

— Frank Harris

The big part of that Victorian era, particularly in Canada, was people being more cultured and not being in the colonies and barbaric. It…

— Yannick Bisson

They were simple, earnest people, those early Victorians, and had not yet learnt the trick of avoiding disturbing thoughts and sights.

— Ford Madox Ford

Sesquipedalian verbosity is just another notion of challenging the zenith mind.

— Jasmina Siderovski

The Victorian house and lots of other buildings weren't oppressive in themselves. They were often very airy and gingerbready and fancy. But they were…

— Jane Jacobs

The Victorians have been immoderately praised, and immoderately blamed, and surely it is time we formed some reasonable picture of them? There was their…

— Robertson Davies

The Victorians needed parody. Without it their literature would have been a rank and weedy growth, over-watered with tears.

— Stephen Leacock