Famous Quotes

"Bah!" said Scrooge. "Humbug!" ~ A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct the other way--in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. ~ A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known. ~ A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens The water of the fountain ran, the swift river ran, the day ran into evening, so much life in the city ran into death according to rule, time and tide waited for no man, the rats were sleeping close together in their dark holes again, the Fancy Ball was lighted up at supper, all things ran their course. ~ A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens "Come, Watson, come!" he cried. The game is afoot." ~ The Adventure of Abbey Grange by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Call me Ishmael. ~ Moby Dick by Herman Melville "Good night, sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!" ~ Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare "Frailty, thy name is woman!" ~ Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare "This above all,--to thine own self be true; and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man." ~ Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare "Neither a borrower nor a lender be: for loan oft loses both itself and friend; and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry." ~ Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare