England Lost

Famous quotes containing the words england and/or lost:

“The only legitimate artists in England are the architects.”
—Benjamin Haydon (1786–1846)

“It is a sad truth, but we have lost the faculty of giving lovely names to things. Names are everything. I never quarrel with actions. My one quarrel is with words.... The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. It is the only thing he is fit for.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)