Late Nineteenth Century

Famous quotes containing the words late nineteenth century, nineteenth century, late and/or nineteenth:

    “I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century: that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains.”
    —James A. Michener (b. 1907)

    “Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but moulds it to its purpose. The nineteenth century, as we know it, is largely an invention of Balzac.”
    —Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

    ““Men there were and men there be
    But never men so many
    Chief enough to marry me,”
    Thought the proud late Annie.”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

    “The most revolutionary invention of the Nineteenth Century was the artificial sterilization of marriage.”
    —George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)