"Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm." ― Oscar Wilde Topic(s): Great Tags: house More From Oscar Wilde "He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends." "There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it." "Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot explain away." More In Great "Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody."― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow "There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices."― Francois de La Rochefoucauld "Great indebtedness does not make men grateful, but vengeful; and if a little charity is not forgotten, it turns into a gnawing worm."― Friedrich Nietzsche